hillitön

Hillitään is a Finnish verb form that functions as the present passive of the verb hillitä, meaning to curb, restrain, or moderate. In use, hillitään describes that something is being kept under control, without specifying the agent responsible for the action. It is common in both everyday speech and formal contexts to indicate that measures are in place to limit or manage a situation.

In practice, hillitään appears in statements about policy, public safety, or social dynamics, where the subject of restraint is generic or indefinite. For example: Kustannukset hillitään, meaning costs are kept under control. Ilmastonmuutoksen torjunnassa päästöjä hillitään, meaning emissions are being curbed in efforts to combat climate change. Keskustelua hillitään viranomaisten ohjeistuksin describes how discussion is moderated or guided by official guidance. The construction emphasizes the action of restraining rather than naming who performs it.

Grammatically, hillitään is an impersonal or passive construction in which the doer is often unspecified. The form is versatile in news, policy reports, and academic writing because it foregrounds the result of restraining actions rather than the actors.

Related terms include hillittäminen (the act of restraining) and hillittävä (to be restrained). Etymologically, hillitä is a core Finnish verb for moderation or control, and hillitään is its present passive form used to convey ongoing or general restraint.