Estonian Tongue-Twisters
- NEW! Jaak Jõerüüdi suveööunenägu Vääna-Jõesuus
Summer night dream of Jaak Jõerüüdi (one of Estonia's former ministers)
- Pagari piparkook (repeated).
Baker's ginger biscuit
- Musta lehma saba valge lehma taga, valge lehma saba musta lehma taga (repeated).
Black cow's tail behind a white cow, white cow's tail behind a black cow.
- Kabli klubi (repeated)
Kabli's club
- Asjaajaja, majarajaja ja jaamaülem (repeated, sobriety test)
Procurator, house builder and stationmaster
- Kummikutes kummitus kummitas kummutis (repeated, sobriety test)
A ghost with rubberboots haunted in the chest of drawers
- Jüriöö ülestõus (jokingly used to determine if a non-native speaker has mastered the difficult accented vowels)
The Jüriöö uprising: on the night of April 23, 1343 peasants in Northern Estonia rebelled against their Danish overlords and forced most of them out of the country.
- Õunapuu õitseaeg on Jüriöö ülestõusust jõululaupäevani
Blossom-time of an apple-tree is from the Jüriöö uprising until the Christmas Eve.
- Kuulilennuteetunneliluuk
The hatch of the tunnel of ballistic trajectory
(This word also is a palindrome.)
- Õueaiaäär
Edge of a yard fence
- Jäääär
Edge of ice
- Südaööelu
Midnight life
- Ööbik nöögib (repeated)
A nightingale is mocking
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