laskea

Finnish

(index la)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: las‧ke‧a
• IPA: /ˈlɑskeɑ(ʔ)/

Verb

laskea

1. (transitive) to lower, drop
2. (transitive) to put down, set down, lay down
3. (transitive) to lay (e.g. the foundation of sth)
4. (transitive) (with adverbs or verbs) to let

   laskea sisään = to let in

   laskea ulos = to let out

   laskea karkuun = to let escape

   laskea menemään = to let go (concretely; not in the sense "to dismiss/give notice to/fire")

   laskea irti = to let loose

5. (transitive) ~ liikkeelle/liikkeeseen = to release, put into circulation, issue
6. (transitive) to (let) run, (let) flow
7. (transitive) to count (the number of sth)
8. (transitive) to calculate, figure
9. (transitive) to lower (e.g. prices), to decrease (the amount of sth)
10. (transitive) (+ genitive-accusative + translative) to find, consider

    Lasken sen eduksi.

    I consider it an advantage.

11. (intransitive) to fall, drop
12. (intransitive) to lower (e.g. of prices), decrease (e.g. of the amount of sth)
13. (intransitive, e.g. of a road or hill) to slope down, descend, drop off
14. (intransitive) to slide (down; by using some vehicle or instrument)

    laskea kelkalla mäkeä = to slide downhill with a sled

    laskea suksilla mäkeä = to ski downhill

15. (intransitive, of a river) to flow
16. (intransitive, of the Sun) to set

Conjugation

Conjugation of laskea (type laskea)

indicative
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	lasken	en laske	1st sing.	olen laskenut	en ole laskenut
2nd sing.	lasket	et laske	2nd sing.	olet laskenut	et ole laskenut
3rd sing.	laskee	ei laske	3rd sing.	on laskenut	ei ole laskenut
1st plur.	laskemme	emme laske	1st plur.	olemme laskeneet	emme ole laskeneet
2nd plur.	laskette	ette laske	2nd plur.	olette laskeneet	ette ole laskeneet
3rd plur.	laskevat	eivät laske	3rd plur.	ovat laskeneet	eivät ole laskeneet
passive	lasketaan	ei lasketa	passive	on laskettu	ei ole laskettu
past			pluperfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	laskin	en laskenut	1st sing.	olin laskenut	en ollut laskenut
2nd sing.	laskit	et laskenut	2nd sing.	olit laskenut	et ollut laskenut
3rd sing.	laski	ei laskenut	3rd sing.	oli laskenut	ei ollut laskenut
1st plur.	laskimme	emme laskeneet	1st plur.	olimme laskeneet	emme olleet laskeneet
2nd plur.	laskitte	ette laskeneet	2nd plur.	olitte laskeneet	ette olleet laskeneet
3rd plur.	laskivat	eivät laskeneet	3rd plur.	olivat laskeneet	eivät olleet laskeneet
passive	laskettiin	ei laskettu	passive	oli laskettu	ei ollut laskettu
conditional
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	laskisin	en laskisi	1st sing.	olisin laskenut	en olisi laskenut
2nd sing.	laskisit	et laskisi	2nd sing.	olisit laskenut	et olisi laskenut
3rd sing.	laskisi	ei laskisi	3rd sing.	olisi laskenut	ei olisi laskenut
1st plur.	laskisimme	emme laskisi	1st plur.	olisimme laskeneet	emme olisi laskeneet
2nd plur.	laskisitte	ette laskisi	2nd plur.	olisitte laskeneet	ette olisi laskeneet
3rd plur.	laskisivat	eivät laskisi	3rd plur.	olisivat laskeneet	eivät olisi laskeneet
passive	laskettaisiin	ei laskettaisi	passive	olisi laskettu	ei olisi laskettu
imperative
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	–	–	1st sing.	–	–
2nd sing.	laske	älä laske	2nd sing.	ole laskenut	älä ole laskenut
3rd sing.	laskekoon	älköön laskeko	3rd sing.	olkoon laskenut	älköön olko laskenut
1st plur.	laskekaamme	älkäämme laskeko	1st plur.	olkaamme laskeneet	älkäämme olko laskeneet
2nd plur.	laskekaa	älkää laskeko	2nd plur.	olkaa laskeneet	älkää olko laskeneet
3rd plur.	laskekoot	älkööt laskeko	3rd plur.	olkoot laskeneet	älkööt olko laskeneet
passive	laskettakoon	älköön laskettako	passive	olkoon laskettu	älköön olko laskettu
potential
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	laskenen	en laskene	1st sing.	lienen laskenut	en liene laskenut
2nd sing.	laskenet	et laskene	2nd sing.	lienet laskenut	et liene laskenut
3rd sing.	laskenee	ei laskene	3rd sing.	lienee laskenut	ei liene laskenut
1st plur.	laskenemme	emme laskene	1st plur.	lienemme laskeneet	emme liene laskeneet
2nd plur.	laskenette	ette laskene	2nd plur.	lienette laskeneet	ette liene laskeneet
3rd plur.	laskenevat	eivät laskene	3rd plur.	lienevät laskeneet	eivät liene laskeneet
passive	laskettaneen	ei laskettane	passive	lienee laskettu	ei liene laskettu

Nominal forms
infinitive				participle
		active	passive		active	passive
I		laskea		present	laskeva	laskettava
long I		laskeakseen 2		past	laskenut	laskettu
II	inessive	laskiessa 1	laskettaessa	agent	laskema1, 3
	instructive	laskien	–	negative	laskematon
III	inessive	laskemassa	–	1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. 3) Does not exist in the case of intransitive verbs. Do not confuse with nouns formed with the -ma suffix.
	elative	laskemasta	–
	illative	laskemaan	–
	adessive	laskemalla	–
	abessive	laskematta	–
	instructive	laskeman	laskettaman
IV	nominative	laskeminen
	partitive	laskemista
V		laskemaisillaan 2

Synonyms

• (to let in/out/escape/go/loose): päästää
• (to release, put into circulation, issue): saattaa (also with adverbs or verbs)
• (to calculate, figure): laskelmoida
• (to find, consider): pitää (+ partitive + essive)
• (to slope down, descend, drop off): viettää (alas)
• (to slide): liukua
• (to flow): virrata

Antonyms

• (to slope down, descend, drop off): nousta, kohota

Derived terms

• nouns: laskelma, laskenta, laskento, laskin, lasku, oletus
• verbs: frequentative laskeskella, causative laskettaa, reflexive laskeutua

Anagrams

• elaska, kalsea