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Etymology

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From raud (iron) +‎ tee (road, way).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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raudtee (genitive raudtee, partitive raudteed)

  1. railway, railroad

Declension

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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

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Further reading

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  • 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)