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Definition 2024
alentaa
alentaa
Finnish
Verb
alentaa
- (transitive) To lower, downgrade, decrease, reduce, diminish.
- (transitive) To slash, mark down, bring down (prices).
- (transitive) To degrade, demote, abase, humiliate (a person).
Conjugation
| Inflection of alentaa (Kotus type 54/huutaa, nt-nn gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alennan | en alenna | 1st sing. | olen alentanut | en ole alentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | alennat | et alenna | 2nd sing. | olet alentanut | et ole alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentaa | ei alenna | 3rd sing. | on alentanut | ei ole alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alennamme | emme alenna | 1st plur. | olemme alentaneet | emme ole alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alennatte | ette alenna | 2nd plur. | olette alentaneet | ette ole alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentavat | eivät alenna | 3rd plur. | ovat alentaneet | eivät ole alentaneet | |
| passive | alennetaan | ei alenneta | passive | on alennettu | ei ole alennettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alensin | en alentanut | 1st sing. | olin alentanut | en ollut alentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | alensit | et alentanut | 2nd sing. | olit alentanut | et ollut alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alensi | ei alentanut | 3rd sing. | oli alentanut | ei ollut alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alensimme | emme alentaneet | 1st plur. | olimme alentaneet | emme olleet alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alensitte | ette alentaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte alentaneet | ette olleet alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alensivat | eivät alentaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat alentaneet | eivät olleet alentaneet | |
| passive | alennettiin | ei alennettu | passive | oli alennettu | ei ollut alennettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alentaisin | en alentaisi | 1st sing. | olisin alentanut | en olisi alentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | alentaisit | et alentaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit alentanut | et olisi alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentaisi | ei alentaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi alentanut | ei olisi alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alentaisimme | emme alentaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme alentaneet | emme olisi alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alentaisitte | ette alentaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte alentaneet | ette olisi alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentaisivat | eivät alentaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat alentaneet | eivät olisi alentaneet | |
| passive | alennettaisiin | ei alennettaisi | passive | olisi alennettu | ei olisi alennettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | alenna | älä alenna | 2nd sing. | ole alentanut | älä ole alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentakoon | älköön alentako | 3rd sing. | olkoon alentanut | älköön olko alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alentakaamme | älkäämme alentako | 1st plur. | olkaamme alentaneet | älkäämme olko alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alentakaa | älkää alentako | 2nd plur. | olkaa alentaneet | älkää olko alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentakoot | älkööt alentako | 3rd plur. | olkoot alentaneet | älkööt olko alentaneet | |
| passive | alennettakoon | älköön alennettako | passive | olkoon alennettu | älköön olko alennettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alentanen | en alentane | 1st sing. | lienen alentanut | en liene alentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | alentanet | et alentane | 2nd sing. | lienet alentanut | et liene alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentanee | ei alentane | 3rd sing. | lienee alentanut | ei liene alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alentanemme | emme alentane | 1st plur. | lienemme alentaneet | emme liene alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alentanette | ette alentane | 2nd plur. | lienette alentaneet | ette liene alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentanevat | eivät alentane | 3rd plur. | lienevät alentaneet | eivät liene alentaneet | |
| passive | alennettaneen | ei alennettane | passive | lienee alennettu | ei liene alennettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | alentaa | present | alentava | alennettava | ||
| long 1st2 | alentaakseen | past | alentanut | alennettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | alentaessa | alennettaessa | agent1, 3 | alentama | |
| instructive | alentaen | — | negative | alentamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | alentamassa | — | 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. |
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| elative | alentamasta | — | ||||
| illative | alentamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | alentamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | alentamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | alentaman | alennettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | alentaminen | ||||
| partitive | alentamista | |||||
| 5th2 | alentamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to humiliate, degrade): nöyryyttää
Antonyms
Derived terms
Verb
alentaa
- Third-person singular indicative present form of alentaa.