Phrase guide

grammatical case

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl keɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A mode of inflection of a word dependent on its use, especially on its syntactic function in a phrase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • The grammatical cases nominative and accusative are used for subject resp. direct object in many languages, including Latin.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: case

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grammatical category, syntactic category

Narrower terms: nominative, nominative case, subject case, oblique, oblique case

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: naamval — mode of inflection of a word
  • Afrikaans: kasus — mode of inflection of a word
  • Afrikaans: casus — mode of inflection of a word
  • Arabic: حَالَة (ḥāla) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Armenian: հոլով (holov) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Azerbaijani: hal — mode of inflection of a word
  • Bashkir: килеш (kileş) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Belarusian: склон (sklon) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Bulgarian: паде́ж (padéž) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Catalan: cas — mode of inflection of a word
  • Catalan: cas gramatical — mode of inflection of a word
  • Chinese Mandarin: 格 (gé) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Crimean Tatar: keliş — mode of inflection of a word
  • Czech: pád — mode of inflection of a word
  • Danish: fald — mode of inflection of a word
  • Danish: kasus — mode of inflection of a word
  • Dutch: naamval — mode of inflection of a word
  • Dutch: casus — mode of inflection of a word
  • Erzya: валпрамо (valpramo) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Erzya: пайма (pajma) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Esperanto: kazo — mode of inflection of a word
  • Estonian: kääne — mode of inflection of a word
  • Estonian: käänded — mode of inflection of a word
  • Faroese: fall — mode of inflection of a word
  • Finnish: sijamuoto — mode of inflection of a word
  • Finnish: sija — mode of inflection of a word
  • French: cas — mode of inflection of a word
  • French: cas grammatical — mode of inflection of a word
  • Old French: case — mode of inflection of a word
  • West-Frisian: fal — mode of inflection of a word
  • Galician: caso — mode of inflection of a word
  • Georgian: ბრუნვა (brunva) — mode of inflection of a word
  • German: Fall — mode of inflection of a word
  • German: Kasus — mode of inflection of a word
  • Middle High German: val — mode of inflection of a word
  • Greek: πτώση (ptósi) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Ancient Greek: πτῶσις (ptôsis) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Hebrew: יַחֲסָה (yakhasah) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Hindi: कारक (kārak) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Hungarian: eset — mode of inflection of a word
  • Hungarian: nyelvtani eset — mode of inflection of a word
  • Icelandic: fall — mode of inflection of a word
  • Ido: kazo — mode of inflection of a word
  • Ingrian: painutossiha — mode of inflection of a word
  • Ingrian: padeža — mode of inflection of a word
  • Irish: tuiseal — mode of inflection of a word
  • Italian: caso — mode of inflection of a word
  • Japanese: 格 (kaku) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Kazakh: септік (septık) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Korean: 격 (gyeok) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Kumyk: гелиш (geliş) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Kyrgyz: жөндөмө (jöndömö) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Latin: cāsus — mode of inflection of a word
  • Latvian: locījums — mode of inflection of a word
  • Lithuanian: linksnis — mode of inflection of a word
  • Macedonian: падеж (padež) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Malagasy: tranga — mode of inflection of a word
  • Malay: kasus tatabahasa — mode of inflection of a word
  • Malayalam: വിഭക്തി (vibhakti) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Middle English: case — mode of inflection of a word
  • Mongolian: тийн ялгал (tiin jalgal) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠶᠢᠨ ᠢᠯᠭᠠᠯ (teyin ilɣal) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Norwegian: kasus — mode of inflection of a word
  • Old English: fiell — mode of inflection of a word
  • Old English: hryre — mode of inflection of a word
  • Old English: ġebīegednes — mode of inflection of a word
  • Polish: przypadek — mode of inflection of a word
  • Portuguese: caso — mode of inflection of a word
  • Punjabi: ਕਾਰਕ (kārak) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Romanian: caz — mode of inflection of a word
  • Russian: паде́ж (padéž) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Sanskrit: विभक्ति (vibhakti) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal — mode of inflection of a word
  • Serbo-Croatian: падеж — mode of inflection of a word
  • Serbo-Croatian: padež — mode of inflection of a word
  • Shor: келиш (keliş) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Slovak: pád — mode of inflection of a word
  • Slovene: sklon — mode of inflection of a word
  • Spanish: caso — mode of inflection of a word
  • Swedish: kasus — mode of inflection of a word
  • Tatar: килеш (kileş) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Telugu: విభక్తి (vibhakti) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Thai: การก (karok) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Turkish: hâl — mode of inflection of a word
  • Ukrainian: відмі́нок (vidmínok) — mode of inflection of a word
  • Vietnamese: cách — mode of inflection of a word
  • Volapük: deklinafom — mode of inflection of a word
  • Welsh: cyflwr — mode of inflection of a word
  • West Frisian: namfal — mode of inflection of a word
  • West Frisian: fal — mode of inflection of a word
  • Yiddish: קאַזוס (kazus) — mode of inflection of a word