lõppkohta

Lõppkohta is an Estonian linguistic form built from the noun pair lõpp + koht, meaning the end point or terminus. The base noun lõppkoht denotes a final position or location, and lõppkohta is a case-inflected variant used in sentences where a direction toward that endpoint is expressed. In Estonian, many nouns change form to indicate relation to other elements in a sentence, and lõppkohta represents one such inflected form of the concept “end point.”

Usage and meaning

Lõppkohta is used primarily to convey moving toward or reaching an end point. In practical terms, it appears in contexts such as navigation, route descriptions, or processes that culminate at a final location or state. The term emphasizes the destination or target end of a path, journey, or sequence, rather than the starting point or intermediate stages.

Contexts

In geography and travel writing, lõppkohta can denote the final destination of a route. In general prose, it functions in constructions that require a directional or locative inflection toward the endpoint. In technical domains, the more neutral term lõppkoht is commonly used for “end point,” while lõppkohta may appear in natural-language descriptions of movement toward that end.

Etymology

The word combines lõpp (end) with koht (place). Its inflected form reflects Estonian’s rich case system, adapting the base concept to fit sentence structure and meaning.

See also

Lõppkoht, terminus, end point.