Syöt

Syöt is the second-person singular present tense form of the Finnish verb syödä, meaning “to eat.” It is used when the speaker directly addresses someone and states that the person is eating or about to eat. For example, in sentences like “Mitä sinä syöt?” (What are you eating?) or “Sinä syöt jo liikaa” (You’re already eating too much), syöt functions as the main verb in present time.

The verb syödä follows a common Finnish pattern for present tense forms. Its full present-tense paradigm is: minä syön, sinä syöt, hän syö, me syömme, te syötte, he syövät. The imperative form is syö! (“Eat!”), and the third-person singular is hän syö (“he/she eats”). Syöt, as a verb form, does not function as a standalone noun in Finnish.

Related nouns in the same semantic field include syöte, meaning “input” or “feed,” and syöttö, meaning “feeding” or, in sports terminology, an assist. These words share a common root related to the act of feeding or supplying, but they are distinct from the verb form syöt.

Pronunciation of syöt is roughly like “syoht,” with a Finnish front rounded vowel in the first syllable and a short equal-final consonant. The form is standard in written and spoken Finnish and appears across everyday language, education, and media.