Nopeutuvat

Nopeutuvat is a Finnish verb form meaning they speed up or become faster. It is the present indicative third-person plural form of the verb nopeutua, which describes a process of increasing speed or rate. The form is used when the subject is plural and the action is to accelerate, whether physically (objects, vehicles) or in a figurative sense (growth, processing speed, data transfer).

In usage, nopeutua can refer to a range of situations where speed increases. Examples include overtaking traffic, where "Autot nopeutuvat" means the cars are speeding up, or in a production or technological context, where "Prosessit nopeutuvat, kun uudet työkalut otetaan käyttöön" describes processes becoming faster after new tools are adopted. The term can also be used in more abstract discussions of rates and dynamics, such as data transmission or reaction speeds.

Grammatically, nopeutuvat follows the standard Finnish present-tense plural ending for third-person subjects, attaching to the stem nopeutu-. It is related to related forms such as nopeutua (to speed up), nopeutuminen (acceleration or speeding up as a noun), and nopeuttaa (to speed up something, causative).

See also: nopeutuminen, nopeus, nopeuttaa, Finnish verb conjugation.