identifitseeritava

Identifitseeritav is Estonian for something that can be identified, or that is capable of being identified. It is formed from the verb identifitseerida (to identify) with the present passive participle suffix -atav, yielding the meaning “identifiable.” In practice it functions as an adjective or participle and is used to describe nouns.

The form is declined like other Estonian adjectives and participles. For example, nominative singular is identifitseeritav, genitive singular is identifitseeritava, and partitive singular is identifitseeritavat. In plural, nominative is identifitseeritavad and genitive plural is identifitseeritavate. The word is commonly used in formal contexts such as law, data protection, and administrative language to denote items, persons, or information that can be identified.

Common usage appears in phrases such as identifitseeritav isik (an identifiable person), identifitseeritava isiku andmed (the data of the identifiable person), and identifitseeritavat teavet (identifiable information in the partitive). In privacy discussions the equivalent English term is “identifiable information” or “personally identifiable information” (PII); the Estonian usage mirrors this concept, focusing on the ability to uniquely identify an individual from the data.

Etymology-wise, identifitseeritav derives from identifitseerida, with the -atav suffix marking the present passive participle, producing a descriptor that denotes potential identificability rather than a current identification. The term is standard in formal Estonian and remains common in contexts dealing with identification, verification, and data privacy.