uue

Uue is a term that appears in the Estonian language as the genitive singular form of the adjective uus, meaning "new." It is used before a noun to express that the noun phrase refers to something described as new. In typical Estonian noun phrases, uue appears as the determiner that agrees with the noun in case, and it often occurs in constructions that express possession, attribution, or specification, such as uue auto hind (the price of the new car) or uue maja renoveerimine (renovation of the new house).

As a grammatical form, uue is not a standalone lexical item with an independent meaning; rather, it is a morphological variant of the adjective that occurs in specific grammatical contexts. The appearance of uue is tied to how Estonian adjectives decline to match the noun’s case and definiteness within a phrase. The exact placement and use can vary depending on the sentence structure and the noun involved, but the core function remains the same: signaling that the described noun is new.

In written usage, the capitalized form Uue would occur only at the beginning of a sentence or as a stylistic choice in titles or proper-noun contexts. There is no widely recognized encyclopedia entry for Uue as an independent topic beyond its role as a grammatical form.