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genitive case

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The grammatical case, chiefly applicable to nouns, used to express a relationship of origin or possession. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition of and the suffix -'s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genitive

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the case expressing ownership

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genitive, possessive, possessive case

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: oblique, oblique case

Narrower terms: attributive genitive, attributive genitive case

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Across languages

Translations

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gjinore — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Arabic: حَالَة اَلْمُضَاف إِلَيْهِ (ḥalāt al-muḍāf ʔilayhi) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Arabic: مَجْرُور (majrūr) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Armenian: սեռական հոլով (seṙakan holov) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Basque: genitibo — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Belarusian: ро́дны склон (ródny sklon) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Belarusian: ро́дны (ródny) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Bulgarian: роди́телен паде́ж (rodítelen padéž) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ґенітів (genitiv) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Catalan: genitiu — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Chechen: доланиг дожар (dolanig dožar) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Chinese Mandarin: 屬格 /属格 (shǔgé) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Chinese Mandarin: 所有格 (suǒyǒugé) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Czech: genitiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Czech: druhý pád — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Danish: ejefald — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Danish: genitiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Dutch: tweede naamval — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Dutch: genitief — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Erzya: чачтниця (čačtnića) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Esperanto: genitivo — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Estonian: omastav — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Estonian: genitiiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Faroese: hvørsfall — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Finnish: genetiivi — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Finnish: omanto — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • French: génitif — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Galician: caso xenitivo — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Georgian: ნათესაობითი (natesaobiti) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Georgian: ნათესაობითი ბრუნვა (natesaobiti brunva) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Georgian: გენიტივი (geniṭivi) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Genitiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Wesfall — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Wessenfall — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: zweiter Fall — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Genetiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Genetivus — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Herkunftsfall — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Zeugefall — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Genitivkasus — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Genitiv-Kasus — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Genetivkasus — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • German: Genetiv-Kasus — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Greek: γενική (genikí) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Ancient Greek: γενική (genikḗ) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Gujarati: ષષ્ઠી (ṣaṣṭhī) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Hebrew: יחס הקנײן (yakhas ha-knayn) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Hindi: संबंध कारक (sambandh kārak) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Hungarian: birtokos eset — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Icelandic: eignarfall — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Ingrian: genetiivi — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Irish: ginideach — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Italian: caso genitivo — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Japanese: 属格 (zokkaku) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Japanese: 生格 (seikaku) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Korean: 속격 (sokgyeok) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Latin: cāsus genitīvus — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Latin: genitīvus — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Latin: casus possessīvus — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Latvian: ģenitīvs — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Lithuanian: kilmininkas — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Mongolian: харьяалахын тийн ялгал (xarʹjaalaxyn tiin jalgal) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Mongolian: харьяалах (xarʹjaalax) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Norwegian Bokmål: genitiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: genitiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eigefall — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Old English: gestrīenendlīc — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Old English: geāgniendlīc — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Middle Persian: 'wbš — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Polish: dopełniacz — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Portuguese: caso genitivo — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Romanian: genitiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Romanian: cazul genitiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Russian: роди́тельный паде́ж (rodítelʹnyj padéž) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Russian: генитив (genitiv) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Russian: роди́тельный (rodítelʹnyj) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Northern Sami: genitiiva — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal ginideach — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Serbo-Croatian: ге̏нитӣв — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Serbo-Croatian: gȅnitīv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Slovak: druhý pád — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Slovak: genitív — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Slovene: rodilnik — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Spanish: genetivo — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Spanish: caso genitivo — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Swedish: genitiv — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Telugu: షష్ఠీ విభక్తి (ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Thai: สัมพันธการก (sǎm-pan-tá-gaa-rók) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Turkish: tamlayan durumu — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Turkish: tamlayan hâli — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Udmurt: возьматон вошъет (voźmaton vošjet) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Udmurt: возьматон падеж (voźmaton paďež) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Ukrainian: родови́й відмі́нок (rodovýj vidmínok) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Ukrainian: родови́й (rodovýj) — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Vietnamese: sở hữu cách — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Vietnamese: cách sỡ hữu — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Volapük: kimafal — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Volapük: genitif — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
  • Welsh: genidol — grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession