Complete Finnish translation table for care instructions, washing labels, and textile symbols. Copy-ready translations for your Shopify product labels.
TL;DR: Need to translate washing labels and care instructions to Finnish for your Shopify store?
Here’s a complete translation table plus tips for the Finland market.
If you sell clothing, textiles, or any products with care labels to Finnish-speaking customers, you need translated washing instructions. Customers expect to see care information in their language – and in many markets, it’s legally required.
Here’s every standard washing label instruction translated to Finnish (Suomi). Copy these directly or use them as reference:
| English | Finnish |
|---|---|
| Machine wash cold | Konepesu kylmällä |
| Machine wash warm | Konepesu lämpimällä |
| Hand wash only | Vain käsinpesu |
| Do not wash | Ei saa pestä |
| English | Finnish |
|---|---|
| Do not bleach | Ei saa valkaista |
| Bleach when needed | Valkaise tarvittaessa |
| English | Finnish |
|---|---|
| Tumble dry low | Rumpukuivaus matalalla |
| Tumble dry medium | Rumpukuivaus keskitasolla |
| Do not tumble dry | Ei rumpukuivausta |
| Dry flat | Kuivaa tasossa |
| Hang to dry | Ripustuskuivaus |
| English | Finnish |
|---|---|
| Iron low heat | Silitys matalalla |
| Iron medium heat | Silitys keskitasolla |
| Iron high heat | Silitys korkealla |
| Do not iron | Ei saa silittää |
| English | Finnish |
|---|---|
| Dry clean only | Vain kemiallinen pesu |
| Do not dry clean | Ei kemiallista pesua |
Finland has strong e-commerce adoption with €12+ billion in annual sales. Finnish consumers value quality and sustainability.
Properly translated care labels signal that you take the Finnish-speaking market seriously. It builds trust and reduces returns from customers who couldn’t understand washing instructions.
Finnish uses ä and ö (distinct letters). Finnish is not related to other Nordic languages and has complex grammar with 15 cases.
When translating product images for your Shopify store, keep these language-specific requirements in mind. Your translations need to display correctly on the actual product labels.
You have several options to display translated care instructions:
For stores with many products, manually translating each care label is time-consuming. Our bulk translation features let you translate all product images and labels to Finnish in minutes instead of hours.
Care labels are just one type of product label that needs translation. Consider also translating:
Now you have all the Finnish care instruction translations you need. For a complete solution that handles all your product image translations automatically: