Kontrollitud

Kontrollitud is an Estonian adjective meaning subjected to control, inspected, verified, or regulated. It most commonly functions as the past participle of the verb kontrollima (to check, supervise), and is used to describe something that has undergone examination or meets required standards. As a participial adjective, kontrollitud agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case.

The word originates from the common Estonian practice of borrowing and adapting the concept of control into various domains; its form uses the typical passive participle suffix -itud/-itud. In usage, kontrollitud can refer to processes, products, data, environments, or procedures that have been checked, approved, or verified by an authority or quality assurance system. For example, a "kontrollitud toode" is a product that has passed inspection; a "kontrollitud protsess" is a process that complies with specified standards; "kontrollitud andmed" denotes verified data.

In contemporary Estonian, kontrollitud appears in everyday speech as well as in formal and regulatory language. It is often paired with nouns in corporate quality management, safety, health, and compliance contexts, and is related to terms such as kontroll (control), kontrolli (check), kontrollimeetmed (control measures), and kvaliteedikontroll (quality control).

Notes: While the exact standard is context-dependent, kontrollitud generally signals that some form of oversight, testing, or verification has been performed, and that the subject meets the relevant criteria.