Hinnangutes

Hinnangutes is an Estonian grammatical form derived from the noun hinnang, which means assessment, evaluation, or estimation. The form hinnangutes is used to refer to content or concepts that belong to or are found within assessments. In linguistic terms, it represents a case form of hinnang that marks a plural or collective domain related to evaluations, depending on the sentence structure.

In usage, hinnangutes frequently appears in academic, statistical, and official texts where authors discuss results, standards, or conclusions that are part of evaluations. The form helps situate a discussion within the broader realm of assessments, such as when researchers refer to figures, findings, or judgments that arise from evaluative processes. Because Estonian grammar relies on inflection to express relationships such as location, scope, and source, hinnangutes serves as a tool for precise phrasing about evaluative material.

Etymologically, the term combines hinnang with a suffix that marks a plural or collective domain, yielding a form that is distinct from the base noun yet clearly connected to its meaning of evaluation. The exact case interpretation of hinnangutes can vary with context, illustrating how Estonian inflection carries nuanced grammatical information in short phrases.

See also: hinnang, hinnanguline, hinnangutuse. Notes on usage and morphology can be found in Estonian grammar references that discuss case forms and inflection patterns for common nouns such as hinnang.