viedä

• viiä, viijä (dialectal)
• vierä (dialectal)

From Proto-Finnic *veedäk, from Proto-Uralic *wixe-.^[1] Cognates include Estonian viima, Erzya виемс (vijems) and Hungarian visz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋie̯dæˣ/,
• Rhymes: -iedæ
• Syllabification^(key): vie‧dä

viedä (transitive, intransitive)

1. to take away, to bring away

   Antonym: tuoda

   Veisitkö roskat?

   Could you take out the trash?

   Ellet kohta nouse sohvalta, vien sinulta kaukosäätimen.

   If you don't get up from the sofa soon I will take away the remote control.

2. to take (to), lead, carry, bring

   Viemme lapsemme viikonloppuna mummolaan, ja lähdemme itse Roomaan.

   We will take our children to grandmother's place this weekend, and go to Rome ourselves.

   Vien TV:ni korjattavaksi.

   I'm taking my TV to be fixed.

   Vie vaimollesi kukkia.

   Bring your wife (some) flowers.

3. to lead, take (of foottracks, roads etc.)

   Synonyms: johtaa, kulkea

   Tämä tie vie Roomaan.

   This road leads to Rome.

4. to lead (one's partner in a dance)

   Perinteisesti mies vie.

   Traditionally the man leads.

5. to steal, take

   Synonyms: anastaa, kähveltää, rosvota, varastaa

   Rosvo vei rahat keskellä päivää.

   The robber took the money in the middle of the day.

   Viedä tikkari lapselta.

   To take a lollipop from a child.

6. to use up, take, occupy (of time or space)

   Synonyms: (of resources) käyttää, (of time or space) täyttää, (of time or resources) kuluttaa

   Nämä tiedostot vievät liikaa tilaa.

   These documents take too much space.

7. to export

   Mitä tuotteita Suomi vie ulkomaille?

   Which products does Finland export abroad?

• (to bring): The difference between tuoda and viedä is that with the former, the one who brings is perceived as coming towards the speaker (or another point of reference) with what is being brought, while with the latter, the one who brings is perceived as going away from the speaker (or another point of reference) with what is being brought; this is similar to the distinction between "coming" and "going" which also exists in Finnish (tulla, mennä). For example:

  Tuo vaimollesi kukkia. (when e.g. talking to the husband who is next to his wife at the time)

  Vie vaimollesi kukkia. (when e.g. talking to the husband who is not next to his wife)

  Bring your wife (some) flowers.

  Voimme tuoda mökillesi puita. (while the person being spoken to is there)

  Voimme viedä mökillesi puita. (while the person being spoken to is not there)

  We can bring some wood to your summerhouse.

• “viedä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

From Proto-Finnic *veedäk.

viedä

1. take