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prepositional case

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A noun case serving as object of a preposition. Prepositions that often govern the prepositional case include "about", "in", "on", and "near". Russian is an example of a language that uses the prepositional case.

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20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: предложен падеж (predložen padež) — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前置格 — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Dutch: prepositief — case serving as object of a preposition
  • French: prépositionnel — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Georgian: წინდებულებითი ბრუნვა (c̣indebulebiti brunva) — case serving as object of a preposition
  • German: Präpositional — case serving as object of a preposition
  • German: Präpositionalfall — case serving as object of a preposition
  • German: Präpositionalkasus — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Italian: prepositivo — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Italian: preposizione — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Japanese: 前置格 (zenchikaku) — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Latin: praepositionalis — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Malay: kes sendi nama — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Norwegian: lokativ — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Polish: przypadek przyimkowy — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Portuguese: caso preposicional — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Russian: предло́жный паде́ж (predlóžnyj padéž) — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Spanish: caso preposicional — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Swedish: lokativ — case serving as object of a preposition
  • Vietnamese: giới cách — case serving as object of a preposition