reitittävät

Reitittävät is a Finnish verb form that functions as the present-tense, third-person plural of the verb reitittää. In English, it corresponds to “they route” or “they are routing.” The form is used when referring to multiple subjects performing the action of routing in the present.

Morphology and usage notes

Reitittävät is formed from the verb stem reititt-, combined with the typical third-person plural present tense ending -ävät, following Finnish vowel harmony rules. Because it is a finite verb form, it appears in sentences with a plural subject and a present-time action. The base verb reitittää generally means to route, guide, or direct along a path or sequence, and its usage spans contexts from information technology to transportation and logistics.

Contexts and examples

In information technology, reitittävät can describe devices or software that direct data packets through a network. For example: Verkkolaitteet reitittävät tiedot oikeisiin kohteisiin verkon kautta. In logistics or navigation contexts, it can refer to plans or systems that determine routes for multiple items or agents: Yrityksen kuljetusjärjestelmä reitittävät tavarat useamman mahdollisen reitin kautta.

Semantic scope

The term emphasizes directing flow along specified paths rather than simply moving an object. It is most common in technical or operational texts but can appear in broader discussions of route planning, network design, or traffic management.

Etymology and related forms

Reitittää in Finnish derives from reitti (route) with the causative-like suffix -ittää. Related nouns include reitti (route) and reitittäminen (routing), while reititys is also used in some contexts to denote routing. See also reitti, reitittäminen, reititys.