Paketid

Paketid is Estonian for multiple packages or parcels and is the plural form of the word pakett. The term is commonly used to describe items sent through postal services or couriers, such as online purchases or gifts that are mailed to recipients. In everyday language, pakett can refer to anything that is wrapped and delivered as a unit, including letters bundled with other items or shipments collected at post offices, parcel lockers, or courier points. The word is borrowed from German Paket and is widely used across Estonian media, commerce, and logistics.

In computing and information technology, paketid also refers to software packages—collections of files that provide a program, library, or framework and can be installed, updated, or removed with a package manager. In Estonian IT vocabulary, terms like paketihaldur (package manager), paigaldada paketid (install packages), and sõltuvused (dependencies) are commonly used, reflecting the same concept as in other languages.

Differentiating pakett from pakend helps clarify usage: pakett denotes the delivered item itself or the parcel as a unit, while pakend refers to the packaging material or wrapper surrounding the contents (box, wrapping, label). This distinction is often observed in consumer contexts (the pakett arrives; the pakend may be recycled or discarded).

Examples of usage include: “Ma sain täna kolm paketti,” meaning I received three packages, and “Arendame rakenduse, mis kasutab mitmeid pakette” referring to a software project using several packages. Plural forms include pakettide (genitive), pakette (partitive), and paketid (nominative).