lopetetaan

Lopetetaan is the present passive form of the Finnish verb lopettaa, meaning to end, discontinue, or terminate. It is built with the root lopet- plus the present passive suffix -etaan, and is used to express that an action is being ended without specifying a concrete subject.

In usage, lopetetaan conveys that something is stopped or finished. It is common in news, official communications, and procedural language to indicate that a program, activity, or service will be or should be terminated. In everyday speech, it can also function as a proposal in a group setting, roughly corresponding to “let’s stop” or “we stop” in English, depending on context.

Usage notes: the form is impersonal and does not designate a specific actor. The subject is understood from context and can refer to a particular matter or to a general action. It appears in both concrete situations (for example, stopping harassment or a live event) and abstract plans (such as ending a project or policy).

Examples:

- Häirintä lopetetaan välittömästi. (Harassment is stopped immediately.)

- Kokous lopetetaan, kun kaikki ovat valmiita. (The meeting ends when everyone is ready.)

- Hankkeen rahoitus lopetetaan ensi kuussa. (Funding for the project will be terminated next month.)

Etymology: derived from the verb lopettaa (to end, terminate) with the Finnish present passive suffix -etaan, forming a common, neutral expression for ending an action.