täytetty

Täytetty is a Finnish adjective meaning “stuffed” or “filled,” used to describe foods or other objects into which something has been inserted. It is formed from the verb täyttää, meaning “to fill” or “to stuff,” and is commonly used in culinary contexts as a state description of prepared dishes.

In Finnish, täytetty functions as an attributive descriptor that agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. For example, a singular nominative expression is täytetty paprika (stuffed pepper), while in the genitive singular it becomes täytetyn paprikan. Plural forms include täytetyt paprikat (the stuffed peppers). The word can also appear in various inflected forms such as täytettyjä paprikoita (stuffed peppers, partitive plural) depending on sentence structure.

Common contexts for the term are foods where a hollow item is filled with a filling. Typical examples include stuffed peppers (täytetty paprika), stuffed tomatoes, or other vegetables, as well as stuffed pastries or meat dishes. Fillings vary widely and can be meat, rice, vegetables, cheese, or a combination of ingredients. The Finnish culinary tradition often emphasizes the harmony of the outer shell with a richly seasoned filling, and täytetty is used to convey that the dish has been prepared in this manner.

Beyond food, täytetty can indicate that an object or space has been filled, though this usage is less frequent in everyday language compared to its culinary sense. In essence, täytetty denotes the resulting state after something has been filled or stuffed.