siirrää

Siirrä is the second-person singular imperative form of the Finnish verb siirtää, meaning to move or transfer something from one place to another or to relocate data. It is used to give a direct command or instruction, for example in physical tasks, organizing spaces, or handling files and information.

In everyday usage, siirrä is common in spoken Finnish and in written instructions. Examples include moving a table to a new position, transferring a file to another folder, or instructing someone to relocate an item during a task. In computing and software interfaces, siirrä often appears on buttons or prompts that ask the user to move an item, such as “Siirrä tiedosto” or “Siirrä valitut tiedostot.”

Grammatically, siirrä forms as an imperative for the second person singular. Related forms include siirrän (I move), siirrät (you move), and siirtää (he/she moves). The plural or polite imperative is siirtäkää, and the negative imperative is älä siirrä (do not move). The verb’s noun forms include siirtäminen (the act of moving) and siirto (a move or transfer).

Etymologically, siirrä derives from the Finnish verb siirtää, part of a family of Finnic verbs related to moving or transferring. The term is widely understood in Finnish-speaking contexts and has broad applicability in everyday speech, logistics, computing, and user guidance.