menetä

Menetää is not a standard Finnish word. In normative Finnish, the verb meaning “to lose” is menettää, and Menetää is typically encountered only as a misspelling or in nonstandard usage. Because of this, major dictionaries do not list Menetää as a separate lemma. In practice, readers should treat Menetää as nonstandard unless the context clearly presents it as a name or as a quoted error.

Meaning and usage: Menettää is a transitive verb used to describe losing something, forfeiting, or failing to retain. Examples in standard Finnish include sentences like Hän menettää rahansa or Minä menetän avaimeni. The form Menetää, if seen in running text, is usually the result of a typographical mistake or a misheard pronunciation rather than a recognized form.

Conjugation and forms: The standard lemma is menettää. In present tense, forms are: minä menetän, sinä menetät, hän menettää, me menetämme, te menetätte, he menettävät. The verb follows regular Finnish conjugation patterns for a first-group transitive verb, with the characteristic -tt- infix in many forms. The infinitive, past, and participle forms are built from the same stem, for example menettäne— in various endings such as menettää (infinitive) and menettänyt (past participle).

Related terms: The noun form menetys means “loss,” and the adjective menettetty means “lost” or “misplaced.” Other related derivations include verbs and nouns formed from the same root to express loss, forfeiture, or damage.

Notes: There is no widely recognized use of Menetää as a separate lexical item in standard Finnish. If encountered, it is best treated as a nonstandard form or as a stylistic choice, unless the context indicates a proper name or quoted error.