kriteeriumiga

Kriteeriumiga is an Estonian grammatical form meaning “with criteria” or “by criteria.” It is created by attaching the comitative suffix -ga to the noun kriteerium (criterion). The construction is most common in formal or technical texts, where it serves to indicate that a process, evaluation or action is performed with predefined criteria in mind or under certain criterion-related constraints.

In practice, kriteeriumiga is one way to express accompanying or modality information about how something is done. However, Estonian also offers more common alternatives to express similar ideas, such as kriteeriumide järgi (according to the criteria) or kriteeriumide alusel (on the basis of the criteria). Consequently, kriteeriumiga tends to appear primarily in specialized or descriptive passages where authors want to emphasize that the action is carried out using the criteria as a tool or standard.

Usage notes and examples: the phrase can form compounds or attributive phrases such as kriteeriumiga hinnang (an evaluation with criteria) or kriteeriumiga valik (a selection with criteria). Despite its validity, the form is relatively rare outside academic or bureaucratic writing, where precise linguistic nuance about criteria-driven procedures is important.

See also: kriteerium, kriteeriumide järgi, alusel.