taust

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish tausta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˈɑu̯st/

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

• foon
• tagataust

Further reading

• “taust”, in [PSV] 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 [EKSS] 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