Rauhoittumaan

Rauhoittumaan is a Finnish verb that means to calm down or to settle one’s emotions. It denotes the act of reducing arousal, anxiety, or agitation, allowing a person to achieve a more even emotional state. The verb is intransitive and typically refers to the subject’s own state, as opposed to rauhoittaa, which means to calm someone or something else.

The word is commonly used in everyday language, in education and parenting, and in health-related discourse about emotional regulation and stress management. It appears in guidance on coping with difficult situations, mindfulness, breathing exercises, and other self-regulation strategies. In contrast, rauhoittaa is used when the agent calms another person or an object.

The form rauhoittumaan is the infinitive form that expresses the act of calming down. The related noun rauhoittuminen denotes the process or outcome of calming down, while rauhallisuus and rauhoittuneisuus describe a state of calm. The term is closely related to, but distinct from, the noun rauha (peace) and the adjective rauhallinen (calm, peaceful). In translations, rauhoittumaan is typically rendered as “to calm down” in English.

See also: emotional regulation; mindfulness; self-help; Finnish language grammar; rauhoittaa; rauhallinen.