raudtee

Estonian

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Etymology

From raud (“iron”) +‎ tee (“road, way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rˈɑu̯d̥tˈeː/

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Noun

raudtee (genitive raudtee, partitive raudteed)

1. railway, railroad

Declension

Declension of raudtee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		raudtee	raudteed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	raudtee
genitive			raudteede
partitive		raudteed	raudteid raudteesid
illative		raudteesse	raudteedesse raudteisse
inessive		raudtees	raudteedes raudteis
elative		raudteest	raudteedest raudteist
allative		raudteele	raudteedele raudteile
adessive		raudteel	raudteedel raudteil
ablative		raudteelt	raudteedelt raudteilt
translative		raudteeks	raudteedeks raudteiks
terminative		raudteeni	raudteedeni
essive		raudteena	raudteedena
abessive		raudteeta	raudteedeta
comitative		raudteega	raudteedega

Derived terms

• raudteejaam

Further reading

• “raudtee”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “raudtee”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• raudtee in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)