huoletaan

Huoletaan is a Finnish verb form used in the passive voice. It derives from the verb huolehtia, which generally means to take care of or to be concerned about. The noun huoli corresponds to care, concern, or worry, and huolehtia covers the act of looking after something or addressing a matter. In its passive present form, huoletaan expresses that the action of taking care of or addressing something is being carried out in an impersonal or generalized way.

In usage, huoletaan is most commonly found in formal or written Finnish, such as official communications, policy texts, or news releases. It tends to convey a sense of procedures or processes where responsibility is distributed or where statements are meant to be broadly applicable rather than tied to a specific subject. In everyday speech, speakers more often use explicit subjects or other verb forms (for example, minä huolehdin, me huolehdimme, or passive forms like huolehditaan) depending on the context.

Grammatically, huoletaan is part of the Finnish passive system and is comparable to other impersonal passive constructions such as puhutaan (it is spoken) or kirjoitetaan (it is written). Its meaning can cover both “to take care of” in the sense of responsibility and “to worry about” in the sense of concern, with the intended nuance determined by surrounding words and overall context.

See also: Finnish grammar, Passive voice in Finnish, Huolehtia, Huoli.