hiljentämään

Hiljentämään is a Finnish verb derived from the adjective "hiljainen," meaning silent or quiet. As a verb in the third infinitive illative case, it translates to "to make quiet" or "to quiet down." It describes the action of causing something or someone to become silent or less noisy.

The verb can be used in various contexts. For instance, one might hiljentämään a noisy child, meaning to make the child quiet. It can also refer to quieting down a situation, such as the hustle and bustle of a busy street. Furthermore, it can be applied to reducing noise from a machine or a device. The structure "olla hiljentämään" implies a state of being in the process of making something quiet. The correct conjugation and usage depend on the grammatical context within a Finnish sentence.