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 individual workers. It can be used to discuss phenomena, conditions, or actions occurring inside the employee group as a whole. For example, a study might report that problems were found in töötajates, or a policy review might describe attitudes within töötajates. The construction emphasizes the group as a unit rather than specific individuals.

Related forms include töötaja (employee) in its nominative singular, and töötajate in the genitive plural. Understanding töötajates helps in parsing Estonian sentences that reference groups of workers in a precise, grammatical way, particularly in linguistic analysis, sociological writing, and corporate or governmental documentation.

See also: töötaja, töötajate, Estonian case system, Estonian language usage in corporate or administrative texts.