Töödeldakse

Töödeldakse is the present passive form of the Estonian verb töötlema, meaning to process or to treat. In Estonian, the passive voice is marked by the suffixes -akse or -takse, and töödeldakse is the form used when the subject performing the action is not specified or is generic. The translation into English is typically “is processed” or “is being processed,” depending on the context.

The form is commonly used in technical, industrial, and regulatory language to describe actions applied to materials, data, or products. For example, in manufacturing a sentence might read: “Materjal töödeldakse enne kasutamist” (The material is processed before use). In data handling, one might say: “Andmed töödeldakse vastavalt andmekaitse nõuetele” (The data are processed in accordance with data protection requirements).

Past forms related to töödeldakse include töödeldud, the past passive participle meaning “processed,” which is used to describe objects that have already undergone processing. The noun forms associated with the concept include töötlus or töötlemine, referring to the act or process of processing. Töödeldakse as a grammatical form thus functions primarily to indicate a passive, generalized action of processing across diverse domains.