Staatused

Staatused is the plural form of the Estonian noun staatus, meaning state or condition. They are used to describe the current standing, position, or condition of people, organizations, or systems, and often translate to statuses in English.

The term is a loanword borrowed from the English status, ultimately from Latin, and it entered Estonian through administrative, legal, and technical discourse. Since the 19th and 20th centuries it has become common in everyday language as well as in formal documentation.

In social and civil contexts, staatused refer to social positions and legal standings, such as marital status, employment status, citizenship, and legal status. In administrative contexts, they appear on forms to indicate the state of an application, service eligibility, or entitlement. In technology, staatused describe the condition of devices, networks, and software processes, such as online status, connection status, battery status, or error status. In online communication, user statuses indicate availability or activity.

Etymology and usage notes: Estonian nouns do not have gender; staatus is a general term for state, condition, or standing, and staatused is its common plural in formal and informal usage. See also status, social status, legal status, system status.