Vocab: ettenägelik - foresighted

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foresighted; prudent; able to anticipate what is coming and plan for it; showing foresight

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Building blocks

• ette- → ahead/forward/in advance (adverb-prefix)

• näge- → root of nägema “to see”

• -lik → adjective ending (turns it into an adjective)

So literally “ettenägelik” means “seeing ahead” → someone who can see what’s coming.

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “ettenägelik” ⬇️

Example

Ettenägelikul inimesel on alati varuplaan

Literally: “Foresighted-on person-on is always backup-plan”

Idiomatically: “A foresighted person always has a backup plan”

Ettenägelikul – Adjective – Adessive Singular: "foresighted"
inimesel – Noun – Adessive Singular: "person (has)"
on – Verb – 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "has / is"
alati – Adverb – Indeclinable: "always"
varuplaan – Noun – Nominative Singular: "a backup plan"