No. 787 in Estonian

elekter

Electricity.

In a sentence

Elekter on tänapäeval igapäevaelu lahutamatu osa.
Electricity is an inseparable part of everyday life today.
In this sentence, 'elekter' is used as a noun to refer to electricity as a general concept.
Kas sa maksid elektri arve juba ära?
Did you already pay the electricity bill?
Here, 'elekter' is used in a genitive case 'elektri' to indicate possession or relation, referring to the electricity bill.
Elekter kadus tormi ajal mitmeks tunniks.
The electricity went out during the storm for several hours.
In this example, 'elekter' is used as a subject to denote the service of electricity in the scenario being described.

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