Tõde

Tööde is an Estonian noun form meaning “works” in a general sense and is most often encountered as the genitive plural of the noun töö, which means work or task. In grammar, tööde is used to indicate possession or association with a set of works, rather than to refer to individual items. The form is common in bibliographic, literary, and scholarly language.

In practice, tööde is widely used in contexts that discuss an author’s or creator’s body of work. It appears in book catalogs, library records, and criticism, where phrases such as “Tööde kogu” (the complete works) or “tema tööde nimekiri” (a list of his works) help indicate attribution and scope. It can also appear in titles and catalogue entries that group multiple creations under a single author or creator.

Etymology and morphology: tööde derives from the root word töö (work) with the genitive plural ending -de. This formation is typical of Estonian for referring to collections, bodies, or series of items associated with a single originator.

See also: Kogumik (collection), Oeuvre (concept used in literary contexts), Bibliograafia (bibliography), Tõlgendus (interpretation).

The term is usually not capitalized unless it forms part of a title or a proper name. In ordinary prose, appearing as part of bibliographic phrases, it serves as a functional label linking a set of works to their creator.