ryhditellään

Ryhditellään is a Finnish verb form that appears in discussions of Finnish grammar as an example of the present passive for the verb ryhditella. The active verb ryhditella conveys the sense of urging, hurrying, or pushing to speed up a process. In its passive form, ryhditellään, the agent performing the action is not specified, giving the construction an impersonal or generalized sense.

In Finnish, the passive is used to describe actions or processes where the doer is unknown, unimportant, or general. Ryhditellään thus marks an ongoing or habitual action described from a neutral standpoint, often in descriptive, analytical, or formal contexts. The form is typically encountered in linguistic discussions, manuals, or analytic writing rather than in everyday conversation, where speakers more commonly use active voice or other expressions to convey urgency or speeding up.

Etymologically, ryhditellään derives from the verb ryhditella, a less common or colloquial term related to hurrying, speeding up, or pressuring to move faster. The passive ending aligns with standard Finnish passive formation, illustrating how different verb stems integrate with the passive mood to produce impersonal statements about processes.

Usage notes: ryhditellään is mainly a scholarly or administrative example rather than a everyday-usage form. When translators or writers wish to express a similar idea more colloquially, they may opt for more common verbs such as kiihdytetään, nopeutetaan, or aikataulutetaan, depending on the exact nuance intended.

See also: Finnish grammar, passive voice, Finnish verb conjugation.