Ehitises

Ehitis is an Estonian noun meaning a building or structure. Ehitises is the locative form used to express being inside a building, roughly translating to “in a building.” The word is used in everyday speech but is especially common in legal, architectural, and planning contexts, where a precise reference to a constructed object is needed.

Grammatically, ehitis is the base noun and ehitises is its inessive (inside) case form. This pattern follows Estonian case endings, where the inessive expresses location within something. For plural reference, the corresponding form would be ehitistes to mean “in buildings.”

In terms of meaning, ehitis denotes any constructed structure, from a house to a public facility or industrial complex. It is more formal and technically oriented than synonyms such as maja (house) or hoone (building). Because of its broader and more formal sense, ehitis often appears in legal documents, architectural plans, zoning texts, and official descriptions of infrastructure.

Usage examples include statements like “Ta on ehitises” (He is in the building) or “Remont ehitises kestab kaks nädalat” (The renovation in the building lasts two weeks). As with many Estonian nouns, ehitis can be used in various syntactic constructions to indicate location, possession, or relation to the structure, depending on the context and case used.