töötajates
Töötajates is an Estonian grammatical form that represents the inessive plural of the noun töötaja, meaning employee. It is used to indicate location or state within the group of employees, roughly translating to “in the employees” or “among the employees.” The form appears mainly in formal, descriptive, or linguistic contexts, and is less common in everyday speech, where phrases like “töötajate seas” or “töötajate hulgas” are often preferred.
In usage, töötajates denotes belonging to or existing within a collective of employees rather than addressing
Related forms include töötaja (employee) in its nominative singular, and töötajate in the genitive plural. Understanding
See also: töötaja, töötajate, Estonian case system, Estonian language usage in corporate or administrative texts.