German

Alternative forms

• Casus

Noun

Kasus m ‎(genitive Kasus, plural Kasus)

1. (grammar) (grammatical) case (specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence)
   • 1975, Franz Altheim, Geschichte der Hunnen, 4th volume, 2nd edition, page 79:

     Im Mittelpersischen gab es keine verschiedenen Casus mehr, sondern nur einen Casus generalis.

   • 2010, Inge Mosebach-Kaufmann, Intra Lehrerband II, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 81:

     Im Deutschen können die Kasūs nicht wörtlich wiedergegeben werden.

2. (linguistics) case (grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language)

Usage notes

• The plural is also spelled Kasūs.
• The plural form Kasusse can be found but is rare.

Declension

Synonyms

• (specific inflection of a word): Fall

Coordinate terms

• Genus n ‎(“gender”)
• Numerus m ‎(“number”)
• Person f ‎(“person”)

Hyponyms

• Ablativ
• Akkusativ
• Dativ
• Genitiv
• Instrumental, Instrumentalis
• Lokativ
• Nominativ
• Vokativ

Norwegian

Noun

kasus m (definite singular kasusen; indefinite plural kasuser/kasus; definite plural kasusene)

1. grammatical case
2. patient case

Hyponyms

• nominativ
• genitiv
• akkusativ
• dativ

Compounds

• kasusbøyning
• kasusendelse

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin casus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːsɵs/

Noun

kasus m, n

1. grammatical case

Declension

Hyponyms

• nominativ
• genitiv
• ackusativ
• dativ
• oblik kasus
• subjektskasus
• objektskasus

Compounds

• kasusböjning
• kasusändelse