Tõhusateks

Tõhusateks is an Estonian inflected form of the adjective tõhus, meaning efficient or effective. It is used to express a transformation into a state of efficiency or to designate someone as efficient in a predicative construction. In practice, it appears most often in clauses with the verbs olema (to be) or saama (to become), and in noun phrases describing a role or function.

The form tõhusateks is the plural translative form of tõhus. The singular translative would be tõhusaks, used when referring to a single person or thing becoming or being considered efficient. The combination of the stem tõhus- with the translative ending allows speakers to express “to become efficient” or “as efficient ones” for multiple subjects.

Common usage examples:

- Nad said tõhusateks töötajateks. (They became efficient employees.)

- Me peame neid tõhusateks töötajateks. (We must make them efficient employees.)

Tõhusateks derives from the base adjective tõhus, which itself is linked to the noun tõhusus (efficiency). The word is typically found in formal or written Estonian, particularly in organizational, educational, or policy contexts where roles, transformations, or standards are described.

See also: Estonian grammar, translative case, adjectives in Estonian, tõhusus.