izgradnju

Izgradnja is a noun used in several South Slavic languages, most notably Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian. It means construction, building, or development. The word is formed from the prefix iz- (out, away, completion) and the root grad (city, town, building) with the noun-forming suffix -nja. The base form izgradnja is the nominative singular, while izgradnju is the accusative singular, used when the construction is the direct object of a verb (for example, planiramo izgradnju škole).

Uses of izgradnja span multiple domains. In civil engineering and urban planning, it denotes the process of constructing infrastructure such as roads, bridges, housing, and industrial facilities, as well as broader development projects. In policy or economic contexts, it can refer to investments and programs aimed at expanding or improving facilities. The term also appears in everyday language to describe the act of building something, from structures to organizational systems.

In linguistics or grammar, izgradnja can describe the construction or formation of sentences, sometimes translated as sentence construction or syntactic building. This usage highlights the methodological sense of organizing elements to create meaning.

Regional usage and context vary little by field but share a common core meaning centered on creation and maturation of physical structures or systems. The term is common in official documents, media reports, academic writing, and industry discourse across Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. See also construction, development, infrastructure, urban planning, grammar.