keksitään

Keksitään is the present passive form of the Finnish verb keksiä, meaning to invent, devise, or come up with. It is used when the agent who creates something is not specified or is general, producing an impersonal or neutral statement about invention or ideation.

In usage, keksitään commonly appears in contexts involving problem solving, innovation, or proposal of new ideas. For example: Keksitään ratkaisu ongelmaan. (“A solution to the problem is being devised.”) Keksitään jatkuvasti uusia ideoita. (“New ideas are constantly being devised.”) The past tense passive form is keksittiin, as in Keksittiin parempi lähestymistapa. (“A better approach was devised.”)

Morphologically, keksitään is formed from the verb keksiä with the present passive ending -tään, which yields a form that can be used with an unspecified subject. Finnish passive forms often allow the agent to remain unexpressed, focusing on the action itself rather than who performs it. The noun form keksiminen, meaning the act of inventing, is related but distinct from keksitään.

Keksitään should not be confused with related nouns or homographs such as keksit (cookies) or other senses of keksiminen in specialized jargon. In typical written and spoken Finnish, keksitään signals a general, ongoing process of inventing or proposing ideas without committing to a particular inventor or group. See also: keksiä, passiivinen muoto, keksit.