kehittänyt

Kehittänyt is the past active participle of the Finnish verb kehittää, meaning to develop or to cultivate. It indicates that the subject has completed the act of developing something and is commonly used in perfect tense constructions or as an attributive participle describing a person or entity that has carried out development. The form is built from the verb stem kehittä- plus the suffix -nyt, and it agrees with the subject in finite clauses (for example, olen kehittänyt, olet kehittänyt, olemme kehittäneet).

In verb usage, kehittänyt appears in sentences that express a completed development by the subject. Examples: Olen kehittänyt uuden sovelluksen. Hän on kehittänyt tutkimusmenetelmän. These phrases explicitly attribute the development work to the subject and are typical in technical, scientific, and professional writing.

As an attributive adjective, kehittänyt can modify a noun to denote something that has been developed by someone. However, in many contexts Finnish tends to prefer the passive past participle kehitetty for describing developed objects or results. For example, kehitetty ohjelmisto means “developed software,” while kehittänyt ohjelmisto would emphasize the action of developing performed by a person or organization.

Etymology and related forms: kehittänyt derives from kehittää with the past active participle suffix -nyt. Related terms include kehittäjä (developer) and kehittäminen (development).

See also: kehittäjä, kehittäminen, kehitetty.