laskea

Laskea is a Finnish verb with several related meanings that center on arithmetic, placement, and reduction. It is widely used in everyday language and forms a large family of compound expressions.

The primary senses include counting and calculating, placing or setting something down, lowering or reducing, and launching something into the water. Examples: “Lasken yhteen luvut 3 ja 5” (I count/add up the numbers 3 and 5); “Laskin kirjan pöydälle” (I put the book on the table); “Hinta laskee” (the price goes down); “Hän laskee katsettaan” (they lower their gaze); and “Vene laskettiin vesille” (the boat was launched into the water).

Conjugation basics: in the present tense the forms are lasken, lasket, laskee, laskemme, laskette, laskevat. In the past tense the forms are laskin, laskit, laski, laskimme, laskitte, laskivat. Finnish verbs often omit the subject, but these forms show the full paradigm for the verb’s present and past tenses.

Related words include lasku (bill or invoice), laskenta (calculation), laskeminen (counting), and laskuri (calculator). The word is productive in compounds and common in both everyday speech and written Finnish, with senses that span mathematics, physical actions, and figurative language.