neiu

Estonian

Neiud

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *näitoi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnei̯u/
• Rhymes: -eiu
• Hyphenation: nei‧u

Noun

neiu (genitive neiu, partitive neiut)

1. a young unmarried woman, a teenager, or a slightly older girl

   õhtusöögi ajal istus tema lauda kena punapäine neiu

   at dinner, a nice red-headed girl sat at her desk

   19-aastane neiu

   a 19-year-old girl

   mustlasneiu

   a gypsy girl

   Synonyms: neid, neidis, neitsik, näitsik

2. a young female representative of a particular field of work

   sekretärineiu

   a (young female) secretary

   müüjaneiu

   saleswoman

3. (colloquial) addressing a young female

   neiu, palun öelge, millal läheb Tartusse viimane buss?

   girl, please tell me, when will the last bus go to Tartu?

Declension

Declension of neiu (type pere)

	singular	plural
nominative	neiu	neiud
genitive	neiu	neiude
partitive	neiut	neiusid
illative	neiusse	neiudesse
inessive	neius	neiudes
elative	neiust	neiudest
allative	neiule	neiudele
adessive	neiul	neiudel
ablative	neiult	neiudelt
translative	neiuks	neiudeks
terminative	neiuni	neiudeni
essive	neiuna	neiudena
abessive	neiuta	neiudeta
comitative	neiuga	neiudega

References

• neiu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)