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Estonian Home & Household Words

Home vocabulary describes the place you spend most of your time. Here are the Estonian words for house and apartment, the rooms, and the furniture and objects inside, each with native audio. This theme also introduces the inner location cases — in, into and out of a place.

Read them out loud

Estonian is phonetic — words are said the way they’re written. Tap the speaker on any word to hear a native voice, and remember that doubled letters (aa, öö, ss) are simply held longer. New to the sounds? Start with the alphabet & pronunciation guide.

Estonian Home & Household Words: words & phrases

47 words · tap the speaker to hear each one.

AudioEstonianEnglish
koduhome
majahouse
korterapartment, flat
tubaroom
köökkitchen
vannitubabathroom
uksdoor
akenwindow
laudtable; board
toolchair
voodibed
diivansofa, couch
kappcupboard, cabinet
põrandfloor
seinwall
raamatbook
telefontelephone
arvuticomputer
lamplamp
telerTV set, television
aedgarden; fence
katusroof
treppstairs, staircase
võtikey
küünalcandle
peegelmirror
kellclock; bell
pliitstove
külmkapprefrigerator, fridge
elutubaliving room
magamistubabedroom
garaažgarage
esikhallway, entrance hall
lagiceiling
riiulshelf, bookshelf
vannbathtub
duššshower
kardincurtain
rätiktowel
padipillow, cushion
tekkblanket, duvet
vaipcarpet, rug
mööbelfurniture (piece of)
kraantap, faucet
kraanikausssink, washbasin
pesumasinwashing machine
ahioven, furnace, stove

Read a real Estonian sentence

Built only from words you’d know by this point in the Selgeks course — proof these words add up to real Estonian.

Ma olen suures vanas majas! Hall Mees tuleb majasse ning ma lähen köögist välja. Köögis on leib ja kohv. Toas on voodi ja tool ning suur vana aken. Ma näen aknast: ta on majas! Ma lähen majast välja. Hall Mees on majas — aga Pääsu pole majas. Nägemist!
I am in a big old house! The Grey Man is coming into the house and I go out of the kitchen. In the kitchen there is bread and coffee. In the room there is a bed and a chair and a big old window. I see from the window: he is in the house! I go out of the house. The Grey Man is in the house — but Pääsu is not in the house. Goodbye!

Frequently asked questions

Kodu is “home”, maja is a house, and korter is an apartment/flat.

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