taust

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Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish tausta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

taust (genitive tausta, partitive tausta)

  1. background (a part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context)
  2. background (a less important feature of scenery)
  3. background (information relevant to the current situation about past events; history)

Declension

Declension of taust (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative taust taustad
accusative nom.
gen. tausta
genitive taustade
partitive tausta taustu
taustasid
illative tausta
taustasse 		taustadesse
taustusse
inessive taustas taustades
taustus
elative taustast taustadest
taustust
allative taustale taustadele
taustule
adessive taustal taustadel
taustul
ablative taustalt taustadelt
taustult
translative taustaks taustadeks
taustuks
terminative taustani taustadeni
essive taustana taustadena
abessive taustata taustadeta
comitative taustaga taustadega

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “taust”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Further reading

  • “taust”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “taust”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “taust”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • taust in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

taust

  1. second-person singular present of tauen

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

taust

  1. neuter singular of taus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

taust

  1. neuter singular of taus
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