Kulturide

Kulturide is the Estonian genitive plural form of kultuur, meaning “of cultures.” It is used to indicate possession, association, or relation to more than one culture. The noun kultuur denotes the shared practices, beliefs, arts, and institutions of a group, and kulturide describes that concept in the plural genitive.

In everyday Estonian, kulturide is commonly found in phrases that discuss cultural aspects or interactions between groups. Examples include kultuuride mitmekesisus (the diversity of cultures), kultuuride mõju (the influence of cultures), and riigi kultuuride rikkus (the richness of a state's cultures). The form also appears in compounds such as kultuuridevaheline dialoog, meaning intercultural dialogue, where kultuuride serves as the possessive element inside a larger word.

Morphology and usage notes: kulturid is the nominative plural, kultuuri is the genitive singular, and kulturide is the genitive plural. Like other Estonian nouns, kultuur follows standard declension patterns, and kulturide can function in various cases when part of broader phrases. It is not a standalone concept beyond its role as the genitive plural of kultuur, but it is frequently encountered in academic, cultural, and policy texts discussing multiple cultures.

See also: kultuur, kultuuriline, kultuuridevaheline.