Värmt

Värmt is the past participle of the Swedish verb värma, meaning to heat or warm. The verb’s present tense is värmer, and the simple past is värmde. The supine form, used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect and pluperfect tenses, is värmt (for example har värmt, hade värmt). The passive participle form is värmts, used in passive constructions such as maten har värmts upp.

As a participle, värmt primarily conveys that something has undergone heating. It can also appear in adjectival use to describe something that has been heated, though in everyday language the state is often expressed with other forms such as varmt or uppvärmd, depending on the context.

Etymology and cognates: värmt derives from the verb värma, which is linked to warmth (värme). It has cognates in other Germanic languages, including Danish varme, Norwegian varme, German wärmen, and English warm. The word family reflects a common semantic field around heat and warmth across the Germanic languages.

Usage notes: In cooking and food contexts, the construction with värmts is common in passive voice to indicate that the food has been heated, for example Maten har värmts upp i ugnen. The form värmt, while correct as a past participle in active constructions, is less frequently used as a standalone attributive adjective than related forms.

See also: värme, varm, uppvärmd.