vabandus

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word vabandus. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word vabandus, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say vabandus in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word vabandus you have here. The definition of the word vabandus will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofvabandus, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Estonian

Etymology

From vabandama +‎ -us or vaba +‎ -ndus.

Noun

vabandus (genitive vabanduse, partitive vabandust)

  1. apology
  2. excuse

Declension

Declension of vabandus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vabandus vabandused
accusative nom.
gen. vabanduse
genitive vabanduste
partitive vabandust vabandusi
illative vabandusse
vabandusesse
vabandustesse
vabandusisse
inessive vabanduses vabandustes
vabandusis
elative vabandusest vabandustest
vabandusist
allative vabandusele vabandustele
vabandusile
adessive vabandusel vabandustel
vabandusil
ablative vabanduselt vabandustelt
vabandusilt
translative vabanduseks vabandusteks
vabandusiks
terminative vabanduseni vabandusteni
essive vabandusena vabandustena
abessive vabanduseta vabandusteta
comitative vabandusega vabandustega

Derived terms

Further reading

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