Suund

Suund is an Estonian noun that denotes direction, bearing, or course. It can refer to the physical orientation of movement, the orientation of an object, or a figurative tendency or trend. The term is common in both everyday speech and technical language.

In geography and navigation, suund indicates the direction of travel or the bearing relative to a reference point. It is expressed in degrees or by compass points. In maps and navigation instruments, you set or report the suund to determine a route. In meteorology, tuule suund refers to wind direction, describing where the wind originates.

In science and everyday language, suund describes the direction of a vector or force. The word also appears in figurative uses; for example, suundumus means a tendency or orientation in a discussion or analysis. The common phrase uus suund is used to denote a new direction or approach, especially in policy, business, or cultural contexts.

The term has cognates in other Finnic languages, most notably Finnish suunta, which carries a closely related meaning. Due to its broad applicability, suund appears across technical, academic, and colloquial registers in Estonian.