kehitetaan

Kehitetään is a Finnish verb form used to indicate that something is in the process of being developed. It is the present tense passive form of the verb kehittää, meaning to develop or to cultivate. In Finnish, the passive voice avoids naming the agent performing the action, so kehitetään roughly translates as “is developed” or “are being developed” depending on context. The subject is typically the thing under development, such as software, a product, a policy, or a plan.

Formation and usage: The form is created by adding the passive ending -ään to the verb stem kehitet-, resulting in kehitetään. It is used in formal and informal writing to describe ongoing development, often with an unspecified agent. When the actor is specified, it is usually expressed with an additional phrase in Finnish or translated into English with “by ….”

Examples: Finnish: Uutta ohjelmistoa kehitetään jatkuvasti. English: New software is being developed continuously. Finnish: Kaupungin palveluita kehitetään. English: City services are being developed.

Related forms: kehittää (to develop) is the active form; kehitettiin (was developed) is the past passive; kehitetty (developed) is the past participle used in perfect constructions.