päivittämää

Päivittämää is a Finnish word-form that appears in some contexts as a participial attribute derived from the verb päivittää, meaning to update. It is not a standard dictionary headword in contemporary Finnish, and its exact grammatical status is uncommon in formal usage. In most modern texts, the sense of “to be updated” is conveyed with the standard forms päivitettävä (to be updated) or päivitettävä, or with the noun päivittäminen.

Usage and interpretation

Päivittämää can be found in older texts, certain dialects, or informal writing as a nonstandard modifier that roughly signals something that should be updated or is in need of updating. It may appear in noun phrases such as päivitettävä tieto or päivitettävä sisältö in standard Finnish, while päivityksen-related forms provide clearer and more widely understood grammar. When päivittämää appears, its meaning is guided by context and is typically understood as describing information, content, or data that requires updating.

Examples and translation

A nonstandard example might be: päivittämää tieto ei vastaa nykytilannetta, which would be rendered more idiomatically in standard Finnish as päivitettävä tieto ei vastaa nykytilannetta, “the information that needs updating does not reflect the current situation.” In everyday language, speakers usually avoid päivittämää and opt for päivitettävä or päivitetty.

Relation to related terms

Related terms include päivittäminen (updating), päivitys (update), päivitetty (updated), and päivitettävä (to be updated). These forms are preferred in formal writing and standard Finnish. See also Finnish grammar discussions of participles and attributive phrases.