Kerääntyä

Kerääntyä is a Finnish intransitive verb meaning to gather or come together, either physically as a crowd or in a more abstract sense such as fog or dust accumulating in a location. It emphasizes the process of formation rather than an intentional action by a subject.

The verb is commonly used to describe crowds, audiences, or groups that form around a place or event. For example, a large crowd can “kerääntyä torille.” It can also describe natural phenomena that accumulate, such as mist or clouds that “kerääntyvät” over an area. In all uses, kerääntyä is intransitive and typically does not take a direct object.

Grammatically, kerääntyä is related to the transitive kerätä (to collect) but is used when the emphasis is on the gathering itself rather than on an agent performing the action of collecting something. The noun form keräytyminen refers to the act or process of gathering.

See also: keräytyminen, kerätä, kokoontua. Etymology: the verb derives from kerätä (to collect) with the derivational suffix -nty-, producing a sense of “to become gathered.”