Fail

"Fail" in Finnish

ei

(transitive: not achieve a stated goal)

ei

(be negligent)

epäonnistua

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

epäonnistua

(be negligent)

feilata

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

flopata

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

hajota

(cease to operate)

kuivua kokoon

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

kusta

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

kyrvähtää

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

kädettää

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

kämmätä

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mennä kiville

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mennä myttyyn

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mennä mönkään

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mennä penkin alle

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mennä pieleen

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mennä plörinäksi

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mennä puihin

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mennä reisille

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mennä rikki

(cease to operate)

mennä vituiksi

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

mokata

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

munata

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

möhliä

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

möhlätä

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

pettää

(to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert)

pysähtyä

(cease to operate)

pysäyttää

(cause to fail)

reputtaa

(to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits)

rikkoa

(cause to fail)

rikkoontua

(cease to operate)

rikkoutua

(cease to operate)

ryssiä

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

saada hylätty

(to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits)

stefuttaa

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

säheltää

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

sählätä

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

sössiä

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

tunaroida

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

tupeksia

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

tyriä

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

töpeksiä

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

töpätä

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

valua hiekkaan

(intransitive: be unsuccessful)

vikaantua

(cease to operate)

vikautua

(cease to operate)

vioittaa

(cause to fail)

vioittua

(cease to operate)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.