Finnish

(index te)

Verb

tehdä

1. (transitive) to do, perform, execute

   Mitä sinä teet?‎

   What are you doing?

   Meidän täytyy tehdä biopsia selvittääksemme oireiden syyn.‎

   We need to perform a biopsy in order to find out the cause of the symptoms.

2. (transitive) to make, manufacture

   Tein äidilleni kakun.‎

   I made a cake for my mom.

3. (transitive) to commit, perpetrate, carry out, conduct (to do, as a crime, sin, or fault)

   ~ itsemurha‎ ― to commit suicide

   ~ rikos‎ ― to commit a crime, perpetrate an offense

   ~ virhe‎ ― to commit a mistake, make an error

   ~ koe, ~ testi‎ ― to carry out, conduct a test

   tehdä huorin‎ ― to commit adultery

4. (transitive) to make, render (somebody: accusative, adjective: translative or somebody: elative, noun: accusative)

   (with translative adjective describing the end result) Hän teki minut iloiseksi.‎

   She made me happy.

   (with an elative noun describing the end result) He tekivät minusta presidentin.‎

   They made me President.

5. (transitive) to make, cost (said often by the salesperson to the customer)

   Se tekee viisikymmentäyhdeksän euroa.‎

   That makes fifty-nine euros.

Conjugation

Usage notes

(To make/render): The structure elative + accusative can sometimes be used also when describing the end result with an adjective, but the structure accusative + translative may very often not sound fluent when describing the end result with a noun. This distinction is very established and to make sure that the language used sounds fluent, it is preferable to stick to it although there is sometimes some fluctuation when describing the result with an adjective.

Synonyms

• (to make, manufacture): valmistaa
• (to carry out, conduct): pitää
• (to cost, to pay): maksaa

Derived terms

• tehdä + a proper noun in nominative plural (colloquial): to do a...

  Hän teki Nykäset ja alkoi ryypätä.

  She did a Nykänen and hit the bottle. (Matti Nykänen, a ski jumping champion, has been notorious for heavy drinking.)

• tehdä ero (+ genitive + välille): to draw a distinction (between some things)
• tehdä hallaa + allative: to harm somebody/something, be harmful to, have a harmful effect on
• tehdä heinää: to make hay
• tehdä historiaa: to make history
• (colloquial): tehdä housuihinsa: to go, do it in one's pants
• (monopersonally): genitive + 3rd-pers. sg. + huonoa + infinitive: to feel bad doing something:

  Minun tekee pahaa ajatellakin sitä.

  I feel bad just thinking it.

• (Biblical): tehdä huorin: to fornicate, commit adultery
• tehdä hyvä vaikutelma + illative: to make a good impression
• (monopersonally): genitive + 3rd-pers. sg. + hyvää + infinitive: to feel good doing something:

  Minun tekee hyvää ajatella sitä.

  I feel good thinking it.

• tehdä iso numero + elative: to make big deal out of something
• tehdä itsensä ymmärretyksi: to make oneself understood
• tehdä mieliksi + allative: to try to please sb
• tehdä mieli: to feel like (doing or having), to fancy
• tehdä jonkun tahto: to obey sb
• (sports): tehdä juoksu: to hit a home run
• tehdä kaikkensa: to do everything possible, do everything in one's power
• tehdä kanne + elative: to file a lawsuit, bring charges against somebody, sue
• tehdä kantelu + elative: to file a complaint
• tehdä kauppansa: to sell (well), be a hot item, go like hotcakes
• tehdä kaupat: to close a deal
• tehdä kuolemaa: to be dying
• tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen: to make a mountain out of a molehill
• tehdä loppu + elative: to put an end, put a stop to
• tehdä oikeutta + allative: to do justice
• tehdä palvelus + allative: to do a favor
• tehdä parannus: to repent, mend one's ways
• tehdä parhaansa: to do one's best
• tehdä ristinmerkki: to cross oneself
• tehdä selkoa + elative: to report on something
• tehdä selväksi: to make clear
• tehdä sopimus: to make an agreement (synonym: solmia sopimus)
• tehdä sovinto: to make up, become reconciled
• tehdä tarpeensa: to relieve oneself, heed the call of nature
• tehdä tiliä + elative: to make a reckoning
• tehdä työtä käskettyä: to follow instructions
• tehdä täyskäännös: to do an about face
• tehdä vastarintaa: to resist
• tehdä voitavansa: to do what one can
• adjectives: teennäinen
• nouns: teelmä, teennös, tehdas, tehtävä, tekele, tekijä, teko
• verbs: frequentative teeskellä, momentane tekaista, factitive teettää, reflexive tekeytyä
• adverbs: tekeillä

Anagrams

• tähde