pyörimään

Pyörimään is a Finnish verb form derived from the verb pyöriä, meaning to spin or to rotate. It represents the -mään form used as an infinitive that denotes the action of becoming or being spun. In typical use, pyörimään functions as the infinitive complement in constructions with verbs such as alkaa (to begin) or saada (to cause to), for example, alkaa pyöriä or saada pyörimään.

In everyday Finnish, pyörimään appears when describing the initiation or continuation of rotational motion. It can refer to the literal turning of mechanical parts like wheels, gears, turbines, or motors, as well as to motion in more abstract or metaphorical contexts where rotation or cyclical processes are involved. The form is common in both spoken and written Finnish, including technical and instructional language.

Grammatical note: pyörimään is the long infinitive form of the verb concept “to spin.” It may occur in clauses that express initiation, causation, or intention, and it can be used with passive or causative constructions, for instance, saada pyörimään (to get [it] spinning) or laitteet alkavat pyöriä (the devices begin to spin). The underlying verb is pyöriä, with pyörimään functioning as the infinitival complement that specifies the action of rotation.

See also: pyöriä, pyörimisnopeus, pyöriminen, spinneri.