toipumaan

Toipumaan is the ma-infinitive form of the Finnish verb toipua, which means to recover or to regain health, strength, or normal function after illness, injury, or hardship. The basic non-finite form used most commonly is toipua; toipumaan appears in inflected non-finite clauses, especially after verbs such as oppia (to learn) or yrittää (to try), and in purpose clauses like toipumaan pääsemiseksi (in order to recover). The form is often taught as a grammatical feature of Finnish infinitives that expresses a future or intentional aspect in a subordinate clause; it is not used as the main finite form in ordinary speech.

In usage, you will commonly see examples like Hän oppi toipumaan sairauden jälkeen meaning He learned to recover from the illness. It can also occur in more formal or written Finnish when describing the process of recovery in abstract terms.

Related noun: toipuminen, which denotes the process or state of recovery. The related adjective or participle form toipuva describes something that is recovering. Related terms include toipuminen and parantuminen (healing).