vastaan

Finnish

Etymology

From vasta-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vas‧taan

Adverb

vastaan

1. back

   hymyillä vastaan ― to smile back

   taistella vastaan ― to fight back

   Synonym: takaisin

2. ottaa ~ = to receive, meet, accept

Postposition

vastaan (+ partitive or (less common) possessive suffix)

1. (of an opinion) against

   Oletko sotaa vastaan? ― Are you against the war?

   Antonym: puolesta

2. (of movement) towards

   Hän käveli minua vastaan. ― S/he walked towards me.

   tulla jotakuta vastaan ― to pick sb up

3. (of movement) against

   uida virtaa vastaan ― to swim against the stream

   Antonym: mukana

4. (commerce) for; against

   Myisimmekö auton taloa vastaan? ― Would we sell a car for a house?

   kuittia vastaan ― against a receipt

Inflection

Declension of vastaan {{#ifeq:{{{adv}}}|no|| noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative vasta- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative – – inessive vastassa – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative vastaan – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive – – situative vastakkain – translative – – oppositive vastatusten – abessive vasten vastoin instructive – – comitative – –

Personal/possessive forms of vastaan
no possessor	vastaan
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vastaani	vastaamme
2nd person	vastaasi	vastaanne
3rd person	vastaansa

Compounds

• vastaanhangoittelu
• vastaanpano

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• vasta-

Verb

vastaan

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of vastata

Noun

vastaan

1. (deprecated template usage) illative singular of vasta

Anagrams

• navasta, vanasta, vatsaan, vatsana