Grupid

Grupid is the Estonian plural form of grupp, a noun used to denote a collection of people or things that form an organized unit. The term is common in formal and semi-formal language and can refer to work teams, committees, study groups, project units, departments, or other assembled groups. It can describe social formations as well as groups of objects in data sets or market segments.

Origin and usage: Grupp is a loanword from German Gruppe or French groupe, incorporated into Estonian through international usage. In everyday speech, many speakers prefer rühm for small or informal gatherings, while gruppid tends to appear in business, research, education, media, and government contexts. In mathematics, the standard Estonian term for a group is usually rühm, with grup being used less often in that field.

Morphology: Grupid is the nominative plural and follows the general patterns for loan nouns in Estonian. Other grammatical cases are formed according to the typical declension rules for loanwords ending in -p.

See also: rühm; grupp (singular); group (loanword usage in Estonian).