tõused

Tõused is an Estonian verb form, the second person singular present indicative of the verb tõusma, meaning "to rise," "to get up" or "to ascend." It is used when addressing a single person informally: for example, "Sa tõused hommikul kell seitse" ("You get up at seven in the morning"). The form reflects regular Estonian present-tense conjugation patterns: mina tõusen (I rise), sina tõused (you rise), tema tõuseb (he/she rises).

The root verb tõusma covers physical actions (standing up, ascending a slope) and figurative senses (prices rising, moods lifting). Related forms include the infinitive tõusta, the first-person singular tõusen, and the plural forms tõuseme (we rise) and tõusevad (they rise). In compounds and participial constructions the stem tõus- appears in related derivations.

Pronunciation follows Estonian phonology; õ represents a back unrounded vowel characteristic of Estonian. In usage, tõused appears in everyday speech, literature and idiomatic expressions (for example, speaking of tides, economic indicators or emotional states). It is distinct from the noun tõus ("rise, ascent"), whose plural is tõusud rather than tõused.