lämmitä

Lämmitä is a Finnish verb meaning to heat up or warm something. It is primarily transitive, used with an object to raise the temperature of that object, for example: Lämmitä vettä (heat the water) or Lämmitä ruokaa (warm the food).

Origin and form: Lämmitä is related to the noun lämpö (heat) and belongs to the Finnish verb family that forms its main stem with the -ttää/-ittää suffix pattern. The verb is commonly presented together with related forms such as lämmittää (to warm up) and lämpö (temperature). The word is widely encountered in everyday language, cooking instructions, and appliance manuals.

Usage: In everyday Finnish, lämmittää is used in cooking, food preparation, and household heating. The imperative form Lämmitä is commonly used in recipes and instructions to tell someone to heat something. Examples include Lämmitä vettä mikrossa (heat the water in the microwave) and Lämmitä ruokaa liedellä (warm the food on the stove). The form is especially common in written or spoken directives where a quick action is required.

Notes: The action described by lämmitä involves increasing the temperature of a concrete object rather than the environment as a whole. It is typically performed with heat sources such as ovens, stoves, or microwaves, and is contrasted with cooling or with states expressed by adjectives like lämmin (warm) or kylmä (cold).

See also: lämmittää, lämpö, lämmitys, uuni, liesi, mikroaaltouuni.