Yleistyvän

Yleistyvän is the genitive singular present active participle form of the Finnish verb yleistyä, meaning to become widespread or common. The form signals that a phenomenon, trend, or feature is in the process of spreading or increasing in prevalence.

In grammar, yleistyvän is a present active participle in the genitive case, which is used to modify a noun in contexts such as ilmiöön, trendiin, tai teknologiaan. The participle stem is yleisty-, and the ending -vän marks its genitive singular form. It is commonly found in formal or academic Finnish to describe ongoing development. The corresponding nominative form is yleistyvän -> yleistyvä; other cases follow standard Finnish participle declension.

Usage notes: Yleistyvän conveys ongoing growth, differentiating from yleistyminen (the process of becoming widespread) and from yleistynyt (has become widespread). It is especially common in analyses of social, technological, linguistic, or cultural phenomena where the spread or adoption is not yet complete but is clearly increasing. The expression emphasizes dynamics and trajectory rather than final state.

Examples:

- Tutkimus käsittelee yleistyvän ilmiön vaikutuksia koulutukseen. (The study examines the effects of a phenomenon that is becoming widespread on education.)

- Yleistyvän teknologian käyttöönotto muokkaa työelämää. (The adoption of technology that is becoming widespread shapes the labor market.)

Etymology: derived from yleistyä plus the present participle suffix -vän, forming a genitive singular modifier.