Migreeruvad

Migreeruvad is Estonian for the present-tense, third-person plural form of the verb migreeruma, meaning “they migrate” or “they are migrating.” The form is used when the subject is a group that moves from one place to another, typically across borders or between regions, and for reasons such as work, study, or displacement.

Originating as a loanword in Estonian, migreeruma is part of the global concept of migration. In sociological and demographic texts, migreeruvad describes movements of people and, more broadly, is used to discuss migration patterns, labor mobility, and population distribution. In ecological or interdisciplinary contexts, it may appear metaphorically when discussing movement patterns in other species or systems, though it remains primarily associated with human migration in everyday language.

Grammatical notes: migreeruvad is a finite verb form that agrees with a plural subject in the present tense. It is used without additional auxiliary verbs to express ongoing or habitual migration by a group. In sentences, it commonly appears with objects or adjuncts indicating destination, cause, or motivation, such as paremate elutingimuste otsing või töövõimaluste järele.

Examples:

- Paljud noored migreeruvad paremate tööhõivevõimaluste otsinguil.

- Uuringud näitavad, et migreeruvad rühmad võivad mõjutada kodumaal toimuvat demograafilist struktuuri.

See also: migreerumine, migratsioon.