üldistavad

Üldistavad is the third-person plural present tense form of the Estonian verb üldistama, meaning to generalize. It is a finite verb in the active voice and is used to describe a statement or claim that broadens a conclusion beyond specific cases.

Morphology and forms: The infinitive is üldistama, from which the present tense forms are built. Conjugation in the present indicative is: ma üldistan, sa üldistad, ta üldistab, me üldistame, te üldistate, nad üldistavad. The form üldistavad signals that the subject is third person plural and currently performing the act of generalizing. The related adjective is üldistav, and the noun form is üldistamine (the act or process of generalizing).

Usage and context: Üldistavad is used in everyday and formal Estonian to describe generalizing statements or tendencies drawn from limited evidence. It can appear in academic, journalistic, or conversational contexts. The term often carries an evaluative tone when used to critique overgeneralization, but it can also function descriptively to report how someone characterizes a group or phenomenon.

Examples:

- Nad üldistavad, et kõik noored käituvad sama moodi. (They generalize that all young people behave in the same way.)

- See väide on üldistav ja ei kajasta erinevusi inimeste vahel.

See also: üldistamine (generalization), üldistav (generalizing). Üldistavad as a verb form is part of Estonian verb conjugation patterns and is commonly encountered in analysis of discourse and rhetoric.