Rahvusvahelisel

Rahvusvahelisel is the adessive singular form of the Estonian adjective rahvusvaheline, meaning international. It is used to describe nouns in the adessive case to express context or location within the international sphere, for example on the international level or on the international arena. In practice, rahvusvahelisel typically accompanies a noun in the adessive, such as tasandil or areenil, to convey the sense of “in/at the international …”.

Common phrases include rahvusvahelisel tasandil (on the international level) and rahvusvahelisel areenil (on the international arena). The word is an ordinary adjective form and must modify a noun; it cannot stand alone. Other inflected forms exist for different cases and numbers, for example rahvusvahelise (genitive singular) or rahvusvahelised (plural forms), depending on the syntactic role in the sentence.

Etymology: rahvusvaheline is formed from rahvus (nation) and vaheline (inter-, between), yielding “between nations” or “international.” The adessive form rahvusvahelisel simply reflects grammatical inflection for use with a noun in the adessive case.

Usage notes: Rahvusvahelisel is common in formal and semi-formal Estonian writing and speech when discussing topics involving multiple nations or international organizations. It functions as an attributive descriptor in phrases that situate actions, standards, or events in the international domain.