kultuurilisse

Kultuurilisse is an Estonian grammatical form: it is the illative singular form of the adjective kultuuriline, meaning cultural. In Estonian, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify, and the illative case denotes movement toward or into something. The illative form of kultuuriline is created by adding the suffix -sse, yielding kultuurilisse. This form is used when the noun it describes is in the illative case, for example in phrases that express destination into something that is cultural in nature.

In use, kultuurilisse typically accompanies nouns in illative construction, indicating “into a cultural …” or “toward a cultural …” context. Common contexts include formal or academic writing, journalism, and discourse about culture-related spaces, contexts, or domains. The form is part of standard Estonian grammar and reflects the language’s system of case-based adjective agreement.

Related forms of the same adjective include kultuuriline (base form, meaning cultural), kultuurilise (genitive), kultuurilist (partitive), and adverbial forms such as kultuuriliselt. The illative form kultuurilisse is one of several case-marked variants used to express direction or destination.

See also: Estonian grammar, illative case, adjectives in Estonian, kultuuriline.