kaadettiin
Kaadettiin is a Finnish verb form that expresses a past passive action of the verb kaataa, meaning to topple, cut down, or lay down. In use, kaadettiin translates roughly to “was felled” or “were felled.” It is commonly found in reporting and narrative descriptions of events where the subject is the recipient of the action and the agent is either unspecified or stated with a phrase such as “viranomaisten toimesta” (by the authorities) or “toimesta” (by the action of).
In Finnish, past passive forms like kaadettiin are used to describe events without naming a specific actor.
Etymology and morphology: kaadettiin derives from the verb kaataa plus the Finnish past passive ending. The