vaade

Vaade is a noun in Estonian that means view, sight, outlook, or perspective. It can describe a physical panorama visible from a location as well as an abstract point of view on a topic. The word is closely related to the verb vaadata, “to look.”

Common uses include both concrete and figurative senses. For a physical view, one might say vaade merre or vaade linnale to refer to the sight of the sea or the city. In abstract use, vaade appears in compounds such as maailmavaade (worldview) or vaade tulevikule (outlook on the future). The term also appears in phrases describing viewpoints or attitudes toward events and situations.

Declension follows standard Estonian noun patterns. The base form is vaade (singular, nominative). Common forms include vaate (genitive), vaadet (partitive), and vaated (plural, nominative). Other inflected forms follow regular endings depending on case and number.

In technical and computing contexts, vaade is widely used to translate the English word “view.” It denotes the user interface component that presents data to the user, as in software design patterns such as Model–View–Controller, or in UI frameworks describing what the user sees on the screen.

Etymology traces vaade to the verb vaadata, “to look,” reflecting its core meaning of sight and perspective. Related compounds include world-related terms like maailmavaade, illustrating how the concept spans everyday language, geography, and technology.