vähentaa
The Finnish verb *vähentää* means "to reduce" or "to decrease." It is a fundamental word in the Finnish language, commonly used in both everyday speech and formal contexts to describe actions that lower quantity, intensity, or value. The verb belongs to the class of transitive verbs, meaning it requires a direct object to express its meaning fully.
The infinitive form of *vähentää* is *vähentää*, and its past tense is *vähensi*. The present tense conjugations
In mathematics and finance, *vähentää* is frequently used to describe subtraction. For example, "kolme vähennettynä kahdesta
The word shares etymological roots with the noun *vähennys*, meaning "reduction" or "deduction," and is derived