Hinnanguks

Hinnanguks is a grammatical form in Estonian. It is the translative case form of the noun hinnang, which means an evaluation, assessment, or estimation. The base verb hinnata means to assess or to value, and the suffix -uks marks a change of state or function, yielding the sense “as an evaluation” or “for evaluation.” Consequently, hinnanguks is used to express the role or function of something within an evaluative context.

The form is primarily found in formal or written Estonian, such as academic, administrative, or legal texts, where speakers or writers need to indicate that a person, document, decision, or statement should be regarded or used as an evaluation. It signals that the referent is being considered in the capacity of an assessment rather than as a direct assertion of fact.

In practice, hinnanguks appears in noun phrases where the referent is described in the sense of being an evaluation. It is one of several translative forms in Estonian that convey the idea of applying a role or function to a noun.

Related terms include hinnang (evaluation), hinnata (to assess), and other translative forms such as kriitikuks (as criticism). Understanding hinnanguks aids in parsing sentences that present a noun as an evaluative category or function within a larger argument or document.