vaikeutti

Vaikeutti is a Finnish verb form derived from the adjective vaikea meaning difficult. It is the simple past tense form of the transitive verb vaikeuttaa, which means to cause something to be difficult or to complicate. The verb describes a situation in which something became harder or more troublesome in the past.

Usage of vaikeuttaa is transitive, typically taking as its object the thing that becomes difficult or hindered. The past tense form vaikeutti is used with third-person singular subjects, as in Tilanne vaikeutti monien suunnitelmia (The situation complicated many plans). The verb can also appear in other tenses and constructions, such as on vaikeuttanut (has complicated) or kaipaa contextual modifiers that specify who is affected.

Etymology and related forms: vaikeuttaa is built from the stem vaikea (difficult) with the causative suffix -uttaa, yielding “to cause to be difficult” or “to complicate.” The past tense form vaikeutti follows regular Finnish conjugation for -uttaa verbs. Related words include vaikea (adjective), vaiva (nuisance), and vaikeutuminen (the process of becoming difficult or the act of complicating in noun form).

In usage, vaikeutti commonly appears in formal and informal texts alike, including news reporting, analyses, and everyday speech, whenever the focus is on something that made a task, decision, or situation harder than before.

See also: Finnish language, verb conjugation, difficulties in Finnish grammar, vaivata.