Sotsiaalsesse

Sotsiaalsesse is an Estonian grammatical form derived from the adjective sotsiaalne, meaning "social." It is the illative case form used when an adjective modifies a noun in the sense of movement into or toward a social space or context.

In use, sotsiaalsesse appears in phrases that describe entering or moving into social settings or domains, such as sotsiaalsesse sfääri or sotsiaalsesse ruumi. The form is common in discussions of social policy, sociology, education, and everyday language when emphasizing entering or adopting social contexts, roles, or norms.

As with other Estonian adjectives, sotsiaalsesse agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. The dictionary base is sotsiaalne, with the corresponding illative form sotsiaalsesse. Other case forms of the adjective exist (for example, sotsiaalses for inessive or sotsiaalse for genitive), depending on the surrounding syntactic structure.

Etymology: sotsiaalsesse derives from the root sotsiaal- (social) plus the illative suffix. The word itself is a grammatical form rather than a separate lexical item, and its meaning is derived from the root word.