Kaipaavat

Kaipaavat is a Finnish verb form meaning they miss or they long for, and it is the third-person plural present indicative of the verb kaivata (to long for, to miss, to crave). The word conveys a sense of emotional longing for someone, a place, a time, or something not currently present.

In present tense, the verb is conjugated as follows: minä kaipaan, sinä kaipaat, hän kaipaa, me kaipamme, te kaipaatte, he kaipaavat. The form kaipaavat specifically refers to “they long for” or “they miss.” The verb is transitive and typically takes an object in the form of a personal pronoun or a noun describing what is missed, for example, kaipaan sinua (I miss you), kaipaavat kotia (they long for home), kaipaavat vanhempiaan (they miss their parents).

Nuance and usage: kaivata covers general longing, while ikävöidä emphasizes nostalgia or longing across time or distance, and kaipailla is a milder or more casual variant. The infinitive form is kaivata. Finnish verbs of this type can appear in various tenses and voices, but kaipaavat is most commonly encountered in present-tense statements about current longing by a plural subject. The expression is common in everyday Finnish as well as in literature and media, and it can convey both personal emotional longing and broader social or cultural longing.