kääneta

Kääneta is not a standard Finnish verb in mainstream usage. It is generally encountered as a nonstandard form or misspelling of the verb kääntää, which means to turn or to translate. Because it does not appear as an official lemma in major dictionaries, its meaning relies on the surrounding context and is usually corrected to kääntää in formal writing.

In standard Finnish, the principal verb is kääntää. Core forms include the infinitive kääntää, the present forms (käännän, käännät, kääntää, käännämme, käännätte, kääntävät), and the present passive käännetään. The past participle is käännetty, and related derivations include kääntäjä (translator) and käännös (translation). The association of the root kään- with turning and translating is central to its semantic field.

Usage notes: when kääneta appears, it is usually due to typographical errors, the omission of diacritical marks on keyboards, or influence from other languages with similar forms. In linguistic or editorial practice, it is typically treated as a nonstandard or historical variant rather than a separate, current Finnish verb.

See also: kääntää, käännetään, käännetty, kääntäjä, käännös.