ettevalmistamist

Ettevalmistamist is an Estonian inflected form of the noun ettevalmistamine, which means preparation or preparatory work. It is formed from the prefix ette- meaning before and the verb valmistama, “to prepare.” The term denotes actions taken in advance of a main activity.

In usage, et­tevalmistamist refers to the act of preparing beforehand, such as planning, gathering information, organizing resources, or conducting preliminary analyses. It is common in formal language, including business, project management, and public administration, where it describes preparatory steps or procedures that enable subsequent decisions or actions. As a grammatical form, ettevalmistamist appears as the partitive/genitive form of ettevalmistamine, used when the preparation is not treated as a single complete event.

In various contexts, et­tevalmistamist may describe preparatory work preceding legislation or policy decisions in law and government, or early tasks in projects, such as stakeholder consultations, feasibility studies, and the drafting of preliminary documents.

Usage notes: the base noun ettevalmistamine is more widely used in everyday language to refer to the general concept of preparation, while ettevalmistamist is the specific grammatical form used within sentences. Related terms include ettevalmistus and ettevalmistamine, both referring to the act of preparing.

See also: preparation, preparatory work; related Estonian terms: ettevalmistamine, ettevalmistus.