löytetään

Löytetään is the present passive indicative form of the Finnish verb löytää, meaning "to find." It expresses that something is found, without specifying who finds it. The form is used to report discoveries, results, or locations in a neutral, generalized way. In Finnish, the subject of a passive clause is often omitted or nonspecific, so löytäminen can refer to one item or many items depending on context.

Usage and nuances

Löytetään is common in scientific writing, news reporting, and descriptive prose when the agent responsible for finding is unknown or unimportant. It can introduce statements about findings from research, searches, or investigations, as in “Tutkimuksessa löydetään useita merkittäviä tuloksia” (In the study, several significant results are found). Because it is passive, the sentence focuses on the existence of the finding rather than on who performed the action.

Grammatical notes

Löytetään is the present tense, indicative mood, passive voice form of löytää. It does not encode number; the same form can refer to a singular or plural set of items, with context indicating how many were found. The agent remains implicit or generalized.

Related terms

Löytää is the active counterpart meaning “to find” (e.g., hän löytää). Löytyä is a related verb meaning “to be found” or “to turn up” and is used in different constructions, often emphasizing the occurrence of discovery rather than the act of finding.

See also

Finnish verbs and passive forms; löytäminen; löytäminen in scientific and journalistic writing.