Kasus
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cāsus, from cadō (“I fall”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkaːzʊs/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈkaːˌzuːs/ (learned variant for the plural)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ka‧sus
Noun edit
Kasus m (strong, genitive Kasus, plural Kasus)
- (grammar) (grammatical) case (specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence)
- 2010, Inge Mosebach-Kaufmann, Intra Lehrerband II, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 81:
- Im Deutschen können die Kasūs nicht wörtlich wiedergegeben werden.
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- 2012, Beate Kirchner, Jonny Rieder, Renate Wolf, Ostseestädte: Kreuzfahrten zwischen Kiel, St. Petersburg und Kopenhagen. Reiseführer, 4th edition, Trescher Verlag, page 381:
- Die vokallastige estnische Sprache gehört zur finno-ugrischen Sprachfamilie. Mit ihren 14 Kasūs, den zahlreichen Wortendungen sowie dem fremdartig klingenden Vokabular handelt es sich um eine schwer zu erlernende Sprache.
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- (linguistics) case (grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language)
Usage notes edit
- The normal written plural is unchanged Kasus. In publications, it is occasionally spelt Kasūs to mark the vowel length.
- The plural Kasusse occurs in speech, but is very rare in writing.
Declension edit
Declension of Kasus [masculine, strong]
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- Ablativ
- Akkusativ
- Dativ
- Genitiv
- Instrumental, Instrumentalis
- Lokativ
- Nominativ
- Rektus
- Obliquus
- Vokativ