Tyhjenemiseen

Tyhjenemiseen is a Finnish grammatical form used to express movement toward or into the process of becoming empty. It is the illative form of the noun tyhjeneminen, which denotes the act or state of becoming empty. The word is built from the verb tyhjentyä (to become empty) and the nominalizing suffix -minen, with the illative suffix -miseen indicating direction toward the process.

In usage, tyhjenemiseen appears mainly in technical or descriptive texts where a process toward emptiness is being discussed. It can occur in contexts such as engineering, environmental science, or data and resource management, where systems gradually lose contents or capacity. For example, a sentence might say: Tutkimus kohdistuu tyhjenemiseen liittyviin prosesseihin säiliössä, jossa käynnistyvät tyhjennyskäytännöt. Here the form signals focus on the progression toward an emptied state.

The term interacts with related concepts such as tyhjeneminen (the process of becoming empty), tyhjentäminen (the act of emptying something), and tyhjentäminen (to empty out) in everyday or technical Finnish. While tyhjenemiseen is most common in formal or specialized writing, understanding its illative meaning helps parse sentences describing directional processes toward emptiness.

See also: tyhjeneminen, tyhjentäminen, tyhjennys, Finnish grammar illative cases.