laajenemaan

Laajenemaan is a Finnish non-finite verb form that expresses the onset of becoming larger, wider, or more extensive. It functions as an inchoative infinitive, used to talk about processes of expansion rather than completed states. The form is built with the suffix -maan or -mään, depending on vowel harmony, and it derives from the verb meaning to expand.

In usage, laajenemaan commonly appears in descriptions of growth or spread that are in progress or anticipated. It can refer to physical enlargement, such as a territory or facility expanding its reach, as well as more abstract expansions, such as influence, markets, or organizational scope. The construction allows speakers to frame expansion as something that is beginning or becoming, rather than something that has already happened.

Laajenemaan is typically found in formal, academic, or policy-related Finnish, and it often appears in subordinate clauses or within complex verb phrases that express development, possibility, or intention. It contrasts with the noun laajeneminen, which denotes the act or result of expansion, and with finite verb forms that describe a completed state.

Related terms include laajeneminen (expansion), laajentua (to expand) and laajuus (extent, scope). As a grammatical particle, laajenemaan helps convey dynamic change and is one of several inchoative infinitives used to depict processes of change in Finnish.