kehrittää

Kehrittää is a Finnish verb that translates to "to spin" or "to twirl." It describes the action of rotating something rapidly or causing it to revolve. This can refer to the physical act of spinning objects like thread or a top, or the more metaphorical sense of something moving in a circular or dizzying fashion.

In a literal sense, kehrittää is used when discussing the process of creating yarn from fibers. A spinner might kehrittää wool or flax to form thread. Similarly, a child might kehrittää a toy top to make it spin on the floor. The word implies a continuous, often repetitive, circular motion.

Beyond the physical, kehrittää can describe sensory experiences. For example, one might say their head is kehrittämässä if they feel dizzy or disoriented. It can also be used to describe the movement of things in the environment, like leaves kehrittämässä in the wind, or water kehrittämässä as it flows down a drain. The verb carries a sense of effortless, almost mesmerizing, rotation.