laimennetaan
Laimennetaan is the present passive form of the Finnish verb laimentaa, meaning to dilute. It denotes the process of reducing a substance’s concentration or potency by adding a diluting agent, commonly water, but also other solvents. In practice, laimennetaan is used across science, medicine, food production, and everyday contexts to indicate that dilution is taking place without specifying who performs the action.
Grammatical note: The Finnish passive voice does not express the agent. Therefore laimennetaan can refer to
Examples: Liuos laimennetaan vedellä (The solution is diluted with water). Lääkevalmiste laimennetaan liuokseen ennen annostelua (The
In addition to its literal sense, laimennetaan can be used metaphorically to describe watering down or weakening
Related terms include laimennus (dilution) and laimentaminen (the act of diluting). The form laimennetaan is part