uued

Uued is an Estonian adjective meaning "new" in the plural nominative form. It is used to describe multiple items that are new, and it functions as the plural form of the base adjective uus. In Estonian, adjectives decline for case and number, so uued appears specifically in contexts involving plural nouns in the nominative case.

As a plural nominative form, uued corresponds to other inflected forms of the same adjective, such as the genitive singular uue and the genitive plural uute. Examples illustrate its use with common nouns in everyday language: "Need uued raamatud on laual" (These new books are on the table) and "Uute ideede arutelu võtab aega" (The discussion of new ideas takes time).

Etymology and cognates: uued is cognate with Finnish uusi, which means "new." Both words derive from the broader Finnic language family and reflect a shared historical development of the term across related languages.

Usage notes: Uued is widely used in journalism, literature, education, and everyday speech to denote novelty or recentness with plural nouns. It can appear in descriptive phrases, headlines, or technical writing, where the notion of multiple new items, concepts, or developments is intended.

Related forms: The base form is uus (singular nominative). In other cases and numbers, the form changes (for example, uue in the genitive singular and uute in the genitive plural). Understanding these forms helps in handling agreement with different nouns and grammatical cases in Estonian.