kiertääkseen

Kiertääkseen is a Finnish purposive infinitive form derived from the verb kiertää, which means “to go around” or “to circle.” It belongs to the class of infinitives used to express purpose, formed by attaching a suffix such as -akseen/-äkseen to the verb stem. The resulting form kiertääkseen conveys intention and roughly translates to “in order to go around” or “to go around in order to.”

The purposive infinitive is a non-finite verb form and does not carry person, number, or tense by itself. Its use is tied to expressing purpose or aim and it typically occurs in more formal or written Finnish. In everyday speech, speakers more often employ alternative constructions to express the same idea, such as using a standard infinitive with a purpose clause or a different syntactic structure.

In syntax, kiertääkseen can appear in subordinate clauses where the main clause contains a verb of intention, necessity, or planning, or in noun phrases that denote purpose. The form is most common in literary, academic, or official language contexts and is less frequent in casual conversation.

Summary: kiertääkseen is the Finnish infinitive of purpose derived from kiertää, used to express intentional action “in order to go around.” It is primarily encountered in formal varieties of Finnish and serves to state purpose without indicating speaker-specific grammatical features. See also Finnish grammar, infinitives, and the purposive infinitive construction.