grammatical case

/ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl keɪs/

noun

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

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

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Meanings

noungrammatical case (plural grammatical cases)

plural grammatical cases

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

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

    Synonyms: case

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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More synonyms by meaning

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

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Broader
grammatical categorysyntactic category
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans naamval, kasus
  • naamvalmode of inflection of a word
  • kasusmode of inflection of a word
  • casusmode of inflection of a word
Ancient Greek πτῶσις
  • πτῶσις (ptôsis)mode of inflection of a word
Arabic حَالَة
  • حَالَة (ḥāla)mode of inflection of a word
Bengali কারক
  • কারক (karok)mode of inflection of a word
Bulgarian паде́ж
  • паде́ж (padéž)mode of inflection of a word
Catalan cas, cas gramatical
  • casmode of inflection of a word
  • cas gramaticalmode of inflection of a word
Chinese Mandarin 格
  • 格 (gé)mode of inflection of a word
Czech pád
  • pádmode of inflection of a word
Danish fald, kasus
  • faldmode of inflection of a word
  • kasusmode of inflection of a word
Dutch naamval, casus
  • naamvalmode of inflection of a word
  • casusmode of inflection of a word
Esperanto kazo
  • kazomode of inflection of a word
Estonian kääne, käänded
  • käänemode of inflection of a word
  • käändedmode of inflection of a word
Finnish sijamuoto, sija
  • sijamuotomode of inflection of a word
  • sijamode of inflection of a word
French cas, cas grammatical
  • casmode of inflection of a word
  • cas grammaticalmode of inflection of a word
German Fall, Kasus
  • Fallmode of inflection of a word
  • Kasusmode of inflection of a word
Greek πτώση
  • πτώση (ptósi)mode of inflection of a word
Hebrew יַחֲסָה
  • יַחֲסָה (yakhasah)mode of inflection of a word
Hindi कारक
  • कारक (kārak)mode of inflection of a word
Hungarian eset, nyelvtani eset
  • esetmode of inflection of a word
  • nyelvtani esetmode of inflection of a word
Icelandic fall
  • fallmode of inflection of a word
Irish tuiseal
  • tuisealmode of inflection of a word
Italian caso
  • casomode of inflection of a word
Japanese 格
  • 格 (kaku)mode of inflection of a word
Korean 격
  • 격 (gyeok)mode of inflection of a word
Latin cāsus
  • cāsusmode of inflection of a word
Latvian locījums
  • locījumsmode of inflection of a word
Lithuanian linksnis
  • linksnismode of inflection of a word
Malay peri, kasus tatabahasa
  • perimode of inflection of a word
  • kasus tatabahasamode of inflection of a word
Norwegian kasus
  • kasusmode of inflection of a word
Polish przypadek
  • przypadekmode of inflection of a word
Portuguese caso
  • casomode of inflection of a word
Punjabi ਕਾਰਕ
  • ਕਾਰਕ (kārak)mode of inflection of a word
Romanian caz
  • cazmode of inflection of a word
Russian паде́ж
  • паде́ж (padéž)mode of inflection of a word
Scottish Gaelic tuiseal
  • tuisealmode of inflection of a word
Slovak pád
  • pádmode of inflection of a word
Spanish caso
  • casomode of inflection of a word
Swedish kasus
  • kasusmode of inflection of a word
Thai การก
  • การก (karok)mode of inflection of a word
Turkish hâl
  • hâlmode of inflection of a word
Ukrainian відмі́нок
  • відмі́нок (vidmínok)mode of inflection of a word
Vietnamese cách
  • cáchmode of inflection of a word
Welsh cyflwr
  • cyflwrmode of inflection of a word
Yiddish קאַזוס
  • קאַזוס (kazus)mode of inflection of a word
Cite this entry
APA

grammatical case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammatical%20case

MLA

“grammatical case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammatical%20case. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grammatical case,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammatical%20case.

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