Lämpenevät

Lämpenevät is a Finnish verb form meaning “they warm up” or “are warming up.” It is the present indicative, third-person plural form of the verb lämpeneä, which means to become warmer or to warm up. The form is used to describe processes in which temperatures rise or heat is applied, including weather, climate, materials, and living beings.

In usage, lämpenevät typically refers to plural subjects. Examples include: Sää lämpenee ensi viikolla (The weather will warm up next week); Maaperä lämpenee auringonpaisteen vaikutuksesta (The soil warms up due to sunshine); Vesi lämpenee hitaasti (The water warms up slowly). The context often signals whether the warming is natural (weather, climate) or caused by external factors (heating, irradiation).

Morphology and pronunciation: lämpenevät is formed by adding the plural ending -vät to the stem lämpene-. Finnish verb endings follow vowel harmony, and because the stem contains a front vowel (e), the correct plural ending is -vät rather than -vat. Thus the form is לämpenevät in written Finnish, aligning with standard conjugation rules for present tense.

See also: lämpeneä (the infinitive form), lämpenevä (present participle), lämpeneminen (the process of warming), and the broader concept of heat and warming in Finnish grammar and vocabulary.