Estonian Word of the Day
uks
/UKS/ • noun — 9th of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: door; an opening in a wall or partition that allows people to enter or exit
Examples
- Palun ava uks.
(Please open the door.) - Uks on lukus.
(The door is locked.) - Ta koputas uksele.
(He/She knocked on the door.)
Synonyms
- sissepääs
- värav
- ukseava
Uks is an everyday word used for any physical door (house, room, car, etc.). It appears in many common phrases and compounds (for example, ukselukk 'door lock'). In Estonian grammar it declines (nominative 'uks', genitive 'ukse', allative 'uksele'), so you'll see different forms depending on the sentence.
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