Viedään

Viedään is the present passive form of the Finnish verb viedä, meaning to take away, to carry, or to transport. In this passive construction, the action is described without naming the agent performing it. The agent may be omitted entirely or specified with an agent phrase if needed.

In Finnish, the passive present is used for actions that are general, habitual, or not attributed to a specific subject. The form viedään does not indicate who carries or takes something; it focuses on the experience or result of the action. It can appear in everyday speech, on signs, and in formal prose alike.

Common uses include describing routine procedures, logistics, or procedures where the doer is unimportant. For example: Tavarat viedään autosta ulos. (The goods are taken out of the car.) Hakemukset viedään postiin. (The applications are taken to the post office.) Tiedot viedään arkistoon. (The information is moved to the archives.)

There is a related past passive form, vietiin, used to indicate that something was taken or carried. For example: Tavaratehdas vietiin arkistoon. (The goods were taken to the archive.) Finnish also allows short, impersonal constructions with passive verbs in signs and instructions.

Notes: The passive form viedään aligns with other Finnish passive conjugations and shares its general use—to present actions without specifying the actor. It contrasts with active forms such as vie, vievät, which name or imply the agent performing the action.