säännelään

Säännelään is not a standard Finnish word in dictionaries. It is typically a misspelling or nonstandard variant of the present passive form säännellään, which comes from a Finnish verb used for regulation. The correct form säännellään is the passive present tense meaning that something is regulated by rules, authorities, or standards. Finnish orthography requires double consonants in the relevant stem, so säännelään is generally considered incorrect in formal writing.

In ordinary usage, säännellään appears in formal or regulatory language. Examples include sentences like Lainsäädäntöä säännellään, meaning that the legislation is regulated, or Toimintoja säännellään alan säädösten mukaisesti, meaning that operations are regulated according to industry regulations. The form is part of the broader system of Finnish passive constructions, where the subject of the sentence is often omitted and the focus falls on the regulation itself.

If you encountered säännelään in a text, it is most likely a typographical error for säännellään. In some contexts, it might also be a nonce form or stylistic choice in fictional writing, but it does not correspond to a standard grammatical form in mainstream Finnish.

See also: Finnish grammar, passive voice (Finnish), säännellä/säännöillä related verbs, Finnish spelling conventions, lainsäädäntö.