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Definition 2024
poistaa
poistaa
Finnish
Verb
poistaa (transitive)
- to remove
- to delete
- ~ tuotannosta, myynnistä, valikoimasta etc.: to discontinue (to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something)
- (accounting) to depreciate
Conjugation
| Inflection of poistaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | poistan | en poista | 1st sing. | olen poistanut | en ole poistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | poistat | et poista | 2nd sing. | olet poistanut | et ole poistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | poistaa | ei poista | 3rd sing. | on poistanut | ei ole poistanut | |
| 1st plur. | poistamme | emme poista | 1st plur. | olemme poistaneet | emme ole poistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | poistatte | ette poista | 2nd plur. | olette poistaneet | ette ole poistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | poistavat | eivät poista | 3rd plur. | ovat poistaneet | eivät ole poistaneet | |
| passive | poistetaan | ei poisteta | passive | on poistettu | ei ole poistettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | poistin | en poistanut | 1st sing. | olin poistanut | en ollut poistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | poistit | et poistanut | 2nd sing. | olit poistanut | et ollut poistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | poisti | ei poistanut | 3rd sing. | oli poistanut | ei ollut poistanut | |
| 1st plur. | poistimme | emme poistaneet | 1st plur. | olimme poistaneet | emme olleet poistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | poistitte | ette poistaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte poistaneet | ette olleet poistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | poistivat | eivät poistaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat poistaneet | eivät olleet poistaneet | |
| passive | poistettiin | ei poistettu | passive | oli poistettu | ei ollut poistettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | poistaisin | en poistaisi | 1st sing. | olisin poistanut | en olisi poistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | poistaisit | et poistaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit poistanut | et olisi poistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | poistaisi | ei poistaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi poistanut | ei olisi poistanut | |
| 1st plur. | poistaisimme | emme poistaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme poistaneet | emme olisi poistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | poistaisitte | ette poistaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte poistaneet | ette olisi poistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | poistaisivat | eivät poistaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat poistaneet | eivät olisi poistaneet | |
| passive | poistettaisiin | ei poistettaisi | passive | olisi poistettu | ei olisi poistettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | poista | älä poista | 2nd sing. | ole poistanut | älä ole poistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | poistakoon | älköön poistako | 3rd sing. | olkoon poistanut | älköön olko poistanut | |
| 1st plur. | poistakaamme | älkäämme poistako | 1st plur. | olkaamme poistaneet | älkäämme olko poistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | poistakaa | älkää poistako | 2nd plur. | olkaa poistaneet | älkää olko poistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | poistakoot | älkööt poistako | 3rd plur. | olkoot poistaneet | älkööt olko poistaneet | |
| passive | poistettakoon | älköön poistettako | passive | olkoon poistettu | älköön olko poistettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | poistanen | en poistane | 1st sing. | lienen poistanut | en liene poistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | poistanet | et poistane | 2nd sing. | lienet poistanut | et liene poistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | poistanee | ei poistane | 3rd sing. | lienee poistanut | ei liene poistanut | |
| 1st plur. | poistanemme | emme poistane | 1st plur. | lienemme poistaneet | emme liene poistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | poistanette | ette poistane | 2nd plur. | lienette poistaneet | ette liene poistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | poistanevat | eivät poistane | 3rd plur. | lienevät poistaneet | eivät liene poistaneet | |
| passive | poistettaneen | ei poistettane | passive | lienee poistettu | ei liene poistettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | poistaa | present | poistava | poistettava | ||
| long 1st2 | poistaakseen | past | poistanut | poistettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | poistaessa | poistettaessa | agent1, 3 | poistama | |
| instructive | poistaen | — | negative | poistamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | poistamassa | — | 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 | poistamasta | — | ||||
| illative | poistamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | poistamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | poistamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | poistaman | poistettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | poistaminen | ||||
| partitive | poistamista | |||||
| 5th2 | poistamaisillaan | |||||
Usage notes
In English there's a specific verb for removing many materials, which are translated into Finnish with the verb poistaa'. Examples: