Climbing (kiipeily) is perhaps not the most common hobby around, but it can be an exciting (jännittävä) adventure (seikkailu). If your hobby is climbing, this page might offer you some help with Finnish climbing vocabulary.

Learn more about how to use the verb “harrastaa” and other sports on my website as well!

Some Basic Finnish Climbing Vocabulary

Kiipeilylajit – Types of Climbing

Climbing can be done in different environments both inside and outside. It can also come with some other challenges, such as ice climbing and speed climbing. We’re not always going up either!

Varusteet ja Välineet – Equipment and Tools

The different types of climbing require different levels of equipment, where the more difficult the climb is the more gear you will need – both to keep yourself safe and to actual advance while climbing. The gear list below isn’t complete, but it lists some important equipment!

Verbejä ja Ihmisiä – Verbs and People

I always like to include a small list of useful verbs and the names of people involved in the activity of a page. Kiipeilijä kiipeilee ja varmistaja varmistaa! 😉

Muita Sanoja – Other Words

Below, you can find some other important climbing words that didn’t quite make any of the lists above. If you like seeing how words are adapted into language when borrowed, you can find some pretty interesting loanwords that have been finnishized here. A slab becomes släbi, a move become muuvi and a sloper becomes sloupperi. Too lazy to invent their own words, or going with the new winds of fashion? I’m not judging!

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