küpsetatakse

Küpsetatakse is the passive present tense form of the Estonian verb küpsetama, meaning to bake. It is used to indicate that baking is performed on a subject, without specifying who does the action. In many contexts, especially in recipes, menus, and food descriptions, the focus is on the result of baking rather than the baker.

Grammatically, küpsetatakse is formed by taking the verb stem küpset- and adding the common Estonian passive suffix -takse. This passive construction does not encode person or number; the subject of the action is the thing that is baked, while the doer is often omitted or understood from context. The form can refer to a single item or to multiple items.

Usage examples illustrate typical contexts. Leiba küpsetatakse ahjus. — Bread is baked in the oven. Pirukad küpsetatakse 180 kraadi juures 20–25 minutit. — The pastries are baked at 180 degrees for 20–25 minutes. In general, küpsetatakse appears in instructional or descriptive text where the emphasis is on the process or outcome of baking rather than on who performs it.

Relation to other forms: küpsetamine is the noun form meaning baking, küpsetada is the infinitive, and other tense forms exist in Estonian (for example, past passive or future forms) by applying appropriate affixes to the same verb stem. The word remains a standard, neutral tool for describing baked goods in Estonian.