Myöntävät

Myöntävät is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb myöntää, meaning to grant, admit, or acknowledge. It is used when the subject of the sentence is plural, for example "Viranomaiset myöntävät luvan" (The authorities grant the permit) or "He myöntävät tehneensä virheen" (They admit having made a mistake).

In Finnish, myöntää is a transitive verb and can take objects such as a permit, aid, loan, or a claim. The same verb can also express a softer sense of acknowledgment or concession in statements or arguments. Common contexts include administrative actions (grants and approvals) as well as admissions in debate or testimony (acknowledging a fact or error). The form myöntävät specifically marks plural subjects in the present tense.

Related forms include myöntäminen, the noun meaning granting or admission, and myöntävä, the present active participle meaning granting or admitting (used in attributive phrases). Other tenses and moods use different endings, for example minä myönnän (I grant), he myöntävät (they grant), or myönnetty (granted) in passive constructions such as luvan myönnetty (the permit was granted).

Etymology traces myöntää to the root myönt- with typical Finnish verb morphology; the word conveys a sense of giving approval, recognition, or assent. In formal or official language, myöntää and its forms appear in administrative notices, legal texts, and scholarly discussion where granting authority or acknowledgment is described.