Estonian Gender
This page discusses the gender in Estonian. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.
Boy: poiss
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Girl: tüdruk
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Man: mees
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Woman: naine
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Father: isa
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Mother: ema
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Brother: vend
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Sister: õde
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| Actor: näitleja |
| Actress: näitleja / näitlejanna |
| Cat (m): kass / kõuts |
| Cat (f): kass |
These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.
He is tall: ta on pikk
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She is tall: ta on pikk
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He is a short man: ta on lühike mees
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She is a short woman: Ta on lühike naine
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He is German: Ta(meessoost) on sakslane
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She is German: Ta(naissoost) on sakslane
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| Japanese men are friendly: Jaapani mehed on sõbralikud |
| Japanese women are friendly: Jaapani naised on sõbralikud |
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