Sisältävät

Sisältävät is a Finnish verb form meaning they contain or they include. It is the present indicative, third-person plural form of the verb sisältää (to contain). The form is used when the subject of the sentence is plural and refers to what multiple items or subjects include or comprise.

Grammatical notes: In Finnish, inhoud of sisältää takes a direct object in the partitive case, especially when the content is indefinite. For example, Aineet sisältävät laktoosia. Nämä elintarvikkeet sisältävät gluteenia. The word order is flexible, but the subject-verb agreement follows the plural subject, so the verb appears as sisältävät when the subject is plural.

Usage:sisältävät appears frequently in descriptions, product information, nutrition labels, recipes, and academic or technical writing to specify contents. It commonly answers questions such as “What do these items include?” or “What do these substances contain?”

Examples:

- Aineet sisältävät laktoosia.

- Nämä ruoat sisältävät gluteenia ja soijalesitiini.

Related forms: The corresponding singular form is sisältää (he/she contains). The active participle form sisältävä exists and can be used as an attributive adjective meaning “containing,” as in sisältävä lista (a list that contains) or sisältävä ainesosa (containing ingredient).

In summary, sisältävät is a standard, neutral verb form used to indicate the contents or components of plural subjects in Finnish, with the object typically in the partitive case.