kierrän

Kierrän is the first-person singular present indicative form of the Finnish verb kiertää, meaning to move in a circle, to go around, to rotate, to tour, or to circulate. The form is used when the subject is the speaker and the action is happening in the present. The verb covers both physical circling and more figurative senses, such as traveling around a region or visiting multiple places.

Common usages include:

- Physical circling: Minä kierrän talon ympäri. (I go around the house.)

- Touring or traveling: Minä kierrän Suomen ympäri. (I tour around Finland.)

- Circulation or movement within a system: Vereni kiertää kehossa. (My blood circulates in the body.)

Kierrää is a regular Finnish verb. Present tense forms include kierrän (1. pers. sing.), kierrät (2. pers. sing.), kiertää (3. pers. sing.), and kierrämme (1. pers. plur.). The past tense is kiersin (I circled), kiersimme (we circled), and so on.

Etymology: kierrä- derives from the Finnish root kiert-, associated with turning or revolving. It is cognate with related forms in other Finnic languages, such as Estonian kiertama.

In usage, kierrän typically appears with spatial or travel-related meanings, but it also appears in contexts describing circulation or rotation within a system. The sense is determined by the surrounding particles and objects, such as ympäri (around), tai (around/in), or various destinations.