koettaa
Finnish
(index ko)
Alternative forms
- koittaa (colloquial)
Etymology
kokea + -ttaa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoetːɑːˣ/, [ˈko̞e̞t̪ːɑː(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: koet‧taa
Verb
koettaa
- (transitive) To feel, touch.
- (transitive) To try, test, check.
- ~ vaatetta = to try on a piece of clothing.
- (transitive, auxiliary, + infinitive) To try, attempt (to do something).
- (transitive) To test, sample, try out.
- ~ uutta tuotetta = to try out a new product.
Conjugation
| Inflection of koettaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | koetan | en koeta | 1st sing. | olen koettanut | en ole koettanut | |
| 2nd sing. | koetat | et koeta | 2nd sing. | olet koettanut | et ole koettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koettaa | ei koeta | 3rd sing. | on koettanut | ei ole koettanut | |
| 1st plur. | koetamme | emme koeta | 1st plur. | olemme koettaneet | emme ole koettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koetatte | ette koeta | 2nd plur. | olette koettaneet | ette ole koettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koettavat | eivät koeta | 3rd plur. | ovat koettaneet | eivät ole koettaneet | |
| passive | koetetaan | ei koeteta | passive | on koetettu | ei ole koetettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | koetin | en koettanut | 1st sing. | olin koettanut | en ollut koettanut | |
| 2nd sing. | koetit | et koettanut | 2nd sing. | olit koettanut | et ollut koettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koetti | ei koettanut | 3rd sing. | oli koettanut | ei ollut koettanut | |
| 1st plur. | koetimme | emme koettaneet | 1st plur. | olimme koettaneet | emme olleet koettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koetitte | ette koettaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte koettaneet | ette olleet koettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koettivat | eivät koettaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat koettaneet | eivät olleet koettaneet | |
| passive | koetettiin | ei koetettu | passive | oli koetettu | ei ollut koetettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | koettaisin | en koettaisi | 1st sing. | olisin koettanut | en olisi koettanut | |
| 2nd sing. | koettaisit | et koettaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit koettanut | et olisi koettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koettaisi | ei koettaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi koettanut | ei olisi koettanut | |
| 1st plur. | koettaisimme | emme koettaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme koettaneet | emme olisi koettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koettaisitte | ette koettaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte koettaneet | ette olisi koettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koettaisivat | eivät koettaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat koettaneet | eivät olisi koettaneet | |
| passive | koetettaisiin | ei koetettaisi | passive | olisi koetettu | ei olisi koetettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | koeta | älä koeta | 2nd sing. | ole koettanut | älä ole koettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koettakoon | älköön koettako | 3rd sing. | olkoon koettanut | älköön olko koettanut | |
| 1st plur. | koettakaamme | älkäämme koettako | 1st plur. | olkaamme koettaneet | älkäämme olko koettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koettakaa | älkää koettako | 2nd plur. | olkaa koettaneet | älkää olko koettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koettakoot | älkööt koettako | 3rd plur. | olkoot koettaneet | älkööt olko koettaneet | |
| passive | koetettakoon | älköön koetettako | passive | olkoon koetettu | älköön olko koetettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | koettanen | en koettane | 1st sing. | lienen koettanut | en liene koettanut | |
| 2nd sing. | koettanet | et koettane | 2nd sing. | lienet koettanut | et liene koettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koettanee | ei koettane | 3rd sing. | lienee koettanut | ei liene koettanut | |
| 1st plur. | koettanemme | emme koettane | 1st plur. | lienemme koettaneet | emme liene koettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koettanette | ette koettane | 2nd plur. | lienette koettaneet | ette liene koettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koettanevat | eivät koettane | 3rd plur. | lienevät koettaneet | eivät liene koettaneet | |
| passive | koetettaneen | ei koetettane | passive | lienee koetettu | ei liene koetettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | koettaa | present | koettava | koetettava | ||
| long 1st2 | koettaakseen | past | koettanut | koetettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | koettaessa | koetettaessa | agent1, 3 | koettama | |
| instructive | koettaen | — | negative | koettamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | koettamassa | — | 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. | ||
| elative | koettamasta | — | ||||
| illative | koettamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | koettamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | koettamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | koettaman | koetettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | koettaminen | ||||
| partitive | koettamista | |||||
| 5th2 | koettamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to feel, touch): tunnustella
- (to try, test, check): kokeilla
- (to try on): sovittaa
- (to try, attempt): yrittää
Derived terms
- koettaa kepillä jäätä = to test the water, see how the land lies, put out a feeler
- nouns: koetinkivi
- verbs: frequentative koetella