yltävät
Yltävät is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb yltää. The verb yltää means to reach, to attain, to extend to, or to be sufficient. As a native Finnish verb, yltää is used in both literal and figurative senses, describing physical distance, scope, capability, or sufficiency. Yltävät, therefore, refers to multiple subjects performing the action in the present.
- Physical reach: statements about something reaching a distance or spatial extent.
- Scope and extent: ideas like goals, potential, or capabilities that can extend to a given level
- Sufficiency or adequacy: things that meet or exceed requirements, expectations, or needs in a broad sense.
- Yltää is an intransitive verb and conjugates for person and number. Yltävät is specifically used when
- The form is part of everyday Finnish and appears in written and spoken language alike.
- Hän yltää kauas. (They reach far.)
- Tutkimuksen tavoitteet yltävät korkealle. (The aims of the study reach high/are ambitious.)
- Yltävä (adjective form related to reach or attainability, used infrequently in standard language)
- General Finnish verb patterns for -ä verbs
Yltävät commonly appears in neutral, descriptive contexts rather than figurative or specialized jargon. Its meaning hinges