Phrase guide

instrumental case

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Tamil, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.

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Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գործիական հոլով (gorciakan holov) — case to express agency or means
  • Armenian: գործիական (gorciakan) — case to express agency or means
  • Asturian: instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Asturian: casu instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Belarusian: тво́рны склон (tvórny sklon) — case to express agency or means
  • Bulgarian: твори́телен паде́ж (tvorítelen padéž) — case to express agency or means
  • Carpathian Rusyn: інштрументал (inštrumental) — case to express agency or means
  • Chechen: коьчалниг дожар (köčalnig dožar) — case to express agency or means
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工具格 (gōngjùgé) — case to express agency or means
  • Chinese Mandarin: 具格 (jùgé) — case to express agency or means
  • Czech: sedmý pád — case to express agency or means
  • Czech: instrumentál — case to express agency or means
  • Danish: instrumentalis — case to express agency or means
  • Dutch: instrumentalis — case to express agency or means
  • Esperanto: instrumentalo — case to express agency or means
  • Esperanto: ila kazo — case to express agency or means
  • Faroese: verkførisfall — case to express agency or means
  • Faroese: tólfall — case to express agency or means
  • Faroese: amboðsfall — case to express agency or means
  • Finnish: instrumentaali — case to express agency or means
  • French: instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • French: cas instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Galician: caso instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Georgian: მოქმედებითი (mokmedebiti) — case to express agency or means
  • Georgian: მოქმედებითი ბრუნვა (mokmedebiti brunva) — case to express agency or means
  • Georgian: ინსტრუმენტალი (insṭrumenṭali) — case to express agency or means
  • German: Instrumentalis — case to express agency or means
  • German: Instrumental-Kasus — case to express agency or means
  • German: Instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • German: Womit-Fall — case to express agency or means
  • Greek: οργανική (organikí) — case to express agency or means
  • Greek: οργανική πτώση (organikí ptósi) — case to express agency or means
  • Gujarati: તૃતીયા (tŕtīyā) — case to express agency or means
  • Hungarian: eszközhatározó eset — case to express agency or means
  • Hungarian: eszközeset — case to express agency or means
  • Hungarian: instrumentalis — case to express agency or means
  • Icelandic: tækisfall — case to express agency or means
  • Italian: caso strumentale — case to express agency or means
  • Japanese: 造格 (zōkaku) — case to express agency or means
  • Japanese: 具格 (gukaku) — case to express agency or means
  • Kalmyk: бүрдәгч киисквр (bürdägç kiiskvr) — case to express agency or means
  • Kazakh: көмектес септік (kömektes septık) — case to express agency or means
  • Korean: 조격 (jogyeok) — case to express agency or means
  • Latvian: instrumentālis — case to express agency or means
  • Lithuanian: įnagininkas — case to express agency or means
  • Livonian: instrumentāl — case to express agency or means
  • Malay: kes instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Mongolian: үйлдэхийн тийн ялгал (üjldexiin tiin jalgal) — case to express agency or means
  • Mongolian: үйлдэх (üjldex) — case to express agency or means
  • Norwegian: instrumentalis — case to express agency or means
  • Middle Persian: ptš — case to express agency or means
  • Polish: narzędnik — case to express agency or means
  • Portuguese: caso instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Portuguese: instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Russian: твори́тельный паде́ж (tvorítelʹnyj padéž) — case to express agency or means
  • Serbo-Croatian: инструментал — case to express agency or means
  • Serbo-Croatian: instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Slovak: siedmy pád — case to express agency or means
  • Slovak: inštrumentál — case to express agency or means
  • Slovene: orodnik — case to express agency or means
  • Spanish: caso instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Spanish: instrumental — case to express agency or means
  • Swedish: instrumentalis — case to express agency or means
  • Tamil: மூன்றாம் வேற்றுமை (mūṉṟām vēṟṟumai) — case to express agency or means
  • Tamil: கருவி வேற்றுமை (karuvi vēṟṟumai) — case to express agency or means
  • Telugu: తృతీయా విభక్తి (tr̥tīyā vibhakti) — case to express agency or means
  • Thai: กรณการก — case to express agency or means
  • Turkish: araç hâli — case to express agency or means
  • Turkish: araç durumu — case to express agency or means
  • Turkish: enstrümantal — case to express agency or means
  • Ukrainian: орудний відмінок (orudnyj vidminok) — case to express agency or means
  • Vietnamese: tạo cách — case to express agency or means
  • Vietnamese: cách công cụ — case to express agency or means