työt

Työt is a Finnish noun meaning work, labor, or jobs. It is the nominative plural form of työ and is used to refer to multiple works or tasks, or to work in a broad sense. The corresponding partitive plural töitä is used when the amount of work is indefinite or when work is treated as a mass. For example, Hän teki paljon töitä means “he did a lot of work.”

In Finnish, työ can denote either an individual job or general work activities, and työt covers plural instances of these meanings. The word appears in many compound nouns that name specific kinds of work, such as rakennustyöt (construction work), tietotyöt (knowledge work), or rakennusalan työt (works in the construction field). The plural form is common in everyday speech when listing duties, projects, or shifts.

Työt also relates to broader social and economic concepts in Finnish discourse. Related terms include työelämä (working life), työllisyys (employment rate), työmarkkinat (labour markets), and työoikeus (labour law). Finnish labor policy emphasizes collective agreements, social protection, and active measures for employment. The word is used across professional, administrative, and educational contexts to describe tasks, assignments, or organized work activities, from daily chores to formal employment.

Overall, työt functions as a flexible, widespread term in Finnish for describing work in its many forms, while töitä marks the indefinite or mass sense of that work in sentence structure. See also related concepts such as työ, työpaikka, and työmarkkinat.