kertyvät

Kertyvät is the third-person plural present tense form of the Finnish verb kertyä, meaning to accumulate, gather, or accrue. It describes a buildup or collection that occurs over time and is typically used with plural subjects. In Finnish, this form indicates that several items, quantities, or phenomena are piling up or building up.

Usage and sense

Kertyvät can refer to natural processes, such as snow, sediment, or debris accumulating on a surface. It is also used for accumulations in economic or practical contexts, for example money, data, or returns that progressively grow in a treasury, account, or dataset. The expression can be applied to experiences or states that develop gradually, such as knowledge or impressions that accumulate with time. Because Finnish does not obligatorily mark tense with aspect, kertyvät conveys a sense of ongoing buildup rather than a completed result.

Related forms and terms

The verb’s singular present form is kertyy, and the noun form mentioning the process is kertyminen (the act of accumulating) or kertymä (an accumulation, pile, or stock). Kertyvä as an adjective can describe something that tends to accumulate, while kertyneet refers to things that have already accreted (the accumulated ones).

See also

Kertyä as a general concept of accumulation, kertymä as a noun for a buildup, and kertyminen as the process of accumulation. The term is used across everyday language, science, finance, and logistics to describe gradual increase or collection over time.