Kiertäjien

Kiertäjien is the genitive plural form of kiertäjä, a Finnish noun that literally means “one who turns.” The term is used for both concrete and figurative purposes in Finnish. In technical language kiertäjä can refer to a rotating or turning component, such as a rotor, cam, or other part of a machine. In more figurative or historical usage kiertäjä can denote a person who moves through places in rounds or who participates in recurring cycles.

The word kiertäjä is formed from the verb kiertää (to turn, rotate) with the agent suffix -jä, producing an agent noun. The nominative plural is kiertäjät, and the genitive plural is kiertäjien, while the partitive plural is kiertäjiä. Kiertäjien is therefore used to indicate possession or association with multiple kiertäjät, following standard Finnish grammar for genitive plural forms of -jä nouns.

In contemporary Finnish, kiertäjä is most commonly encountered in technical contexts to name rotating parts, and less commonly in everyday speech as a metaphorical or historical reference to those who travel in cycles. The genitive plural kiertäjien appears in texts that discuss multiple such components or persons, signaling that something belongs to or concerns a group of kiertäjät rather than a single kiertäjä.