nimittävät

Nimittävät is the third-person plural present tense form of the Finnish verb nimittää, meaning to name, designate, or appoint someone to a position or role. The term can also appear in broader contexts of designating or dubbing someone for a certain function. In everyday use, nimittää expresses an action performed by a subject on another person or entity, often in formal or administrative settings.

Etymology and grammar: Nimittää is derived from the noun nimi (name) with the productive verb-forming suffix -ittää. The present tense form nimittävät is used with a plural subject. Related forms include nimittivät (past tense), nimittävä (present active participle meaning “naming/appointing”) and nimittäminen (nomination or appointment process). The role or position following the designation is typically expressed with the translative case -ksi or -aksi, as in nimittää johtajaksi (“appoint as director”).

Usage: Nimittävät occurs in sentences where a group or plural subject is performing the act of appointing or naming someone. Examples: “Kokous nimittävät uuden puheenjohtajan” (The meeting appoints the new chairperson) or “Jäsenet nimittävät hänet varapuheenjohtajaksi” (The members appoint him as vice-chairman). The verb is commonly found in political, corporate, and organizational contexts, and can be contrasted with määrätä, which emphasizes assignment of duties or authority, whereas nimittää centers on designation by name or title.

See also: nimittäminen, nimittäjä, nimitys. These related terms cover the processes and agents involved in naming or appointing, and the resulting designation or title.