Kultuurialaste

Kultuurialaste is an Estonian grammatical form used to denote culture-related topics or attributes in the genitive plural. It stems from the adjective kultuurialane, meaning culture-related or pertaining to culture, and is applied to a following noun to indicate association with culture.

The form is common in academic, policy, and institutional language when referring to culture-related fields, issues, or activities. Examples include kultuurialaste uuringute tulemused (the results of culture-related studies), kultuurialaste küsimuste lahendamine (the addressing of culture-related questions), and kultuurialaste projektide rahastamine (funding for culture-related projects). It is also used to describe organizations or sectors in a culture-related context, such as kultuurialaste valdkondade arendamine (the development of culture-related fields).

In Estonian, kultuurialaste is the genitive plural form of kultuurialane and appears before a plural noun in genitive or partitive constructions. This morphology allows speakers to specify that the referenced nouns pertain to culture, without changing the base meaning of kultuurialane. The term is often found alongside related concepts in cultural studies, such as kultuuripoliitika (cultural policy), kultuuripärand (cultural heritage), and kultuurivaldkond (cultural sector).

See also: kultuur, kultuuriteadus, kultuuripoliitika, kultuuripärand, kultuurivaldkond.