Infundeeritakse

Infundeeritakse is an Estonian verb form meaning “is infused” or “is being infused.” It is the passive present tense of the verb infundeerida, which refers to the process of infusion—allowing a liquid to absorb flavors, active compounds, or properties from another substance, or to extract substances by steeping.

The form is created by taking the verb stem infundeeri- and adding the passive ending -takse, resulting in infundeeritakse. This is used for impersonal or general statements about a procedure or process, where the doer of the action is unknown or not specified. In practice, infundeeritakse appears in technical, culinary, laboratory, and academic contexts to describe steps in which infusion occurs.

Usage examples are common in recipes, pharmacology, and scientific descriptions. For instance, infundeeritakse teed kuuma veega can be translated as “tea is infused with hot water” or more naturally, “tea is steeped in hot water.” The structure allows describing procedures without naming the actor, emphasizing the process itself rather than who performs it.

See also infundeerida, the base verb, and related forms used to describe infusion-related actions in Estonian.