Meanings
nouninstrumental case (plural instrumental cases)
plural instrumental cases
- grammarA 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.
Translations
Bulgarian твори́телен паде́ж
- твори́телен паде́ж (tvorítelen padéž)case to express agency or means
Chinese Mandarin 工具格, 具格
- 工具格 (gōngjùgé)case to express agency or means
- 具格 (jùgé)case to express agency or means
Czech sedmý pád, instrumentál
- sedmý pádcase to express agency or means
- instrumentálcase to express agency or means
Danish instrumentalis
- instrumentaliscase to express agency or means
Dutch instrumentalis
- instrumentaliscase to express agency or means
Esperanto instrumentalo, ila kazo
- instrumentalocase to express agency or means
- ila kazocase to express agency or means
Finnish instrumentaali
- instrumentaalicase to express agency or means
French instrumental, cas instrumental
- instrumentalcase to express agency or means
- cas instrumentalcase to express agency or means
German Instrumentalis, Instrumental-Kasus
- Instrumentaliscase to express agency or means
- Instrumental-Kasuscase to express agency or means
- Instrumentalcase to express agency or means
- Womit-Fallcase to express agency or means
Greek οργανική, οργανική πτώση
- οργανική (organikí)case to express agency or means
- οργανική πτώση (organikí ptósi)case to express agency or means
Hungarian eszközhatározó eset, eszközeset
- eszközhatározó esetcase to express agency or means
- eszközesetcase to express agency or means
- instrumentaliscase to express agency or means
Icelandic tækisfall
- tækisfallcase to express agency or means
Italian caso strumentale
- caso strumentalecase to express agency or means
Japanese 造格, 具格
- 造格 (zōkaku)case to express agency or means
- 具格 (gukaku)case to express agency or means
Korean 조격
- 조격 (jogyeok)case to express agency or means
Latvian instrumentālis
- instrumentāliscase to express agency or means
Lithuanian įnagininkas
- įnagininkascase to express agency or means
Malay kes instrumental
- kes instrumentalcase to express agency or means
Norwegian instrumentalis
- instrumentaliscase to express agency or means
Polish narzędnik
- narzędnikcase to express agency or means
Portuguese caso instrumental, instrumental
- caso instrumentalcase to express agency or means
- instrumentalcase to express agency or means
Russian твори́тельный паде́ж
- твори́тельный паде́ж (tvorítelʹnyj padéž)case to express agency or means
Slovak siedmy pád, inštrumentál
- siedmy pádcase to express agency or means
- inštrumentálcase to express agency or means
Spanish caso instrumental, instrumental
- caso instrumentalcase to express agency or means
- instrumentalcase to express agency or means
Swedish instrumentalis
- instrumentaliscase to express agency or means
Tamil மூன்றாம் வேற்றுமை, கருவி வேற்றுமை
- மூன்றாம் வேற்றுமை (mūṉṟām vēṟṟumai)case to express agency or means
- கருவி வேற்றுமை (karuvi vēṟṟumai)case to express agency or means
Thai กรณการก
- กรณการกcase to express agency or means
Turkish araç hâli, araç durumu
- araç hâlicase to express agency or means
- araç durumucase to express agency or means
- enstrümantalcase to express agency or means
Ukrainian орудний відмінок
- орудний відмінок (orudnyj vidminok)case to express agency or means
Vietnamese tạo cách, cách công cụ
- tạo cáchcase to express agency or means
- cách công cụcase to express agency or means
Cite this entry
APA
instrumental case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instrumental%20case
MLA
“instrumental case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instrumental%20case. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instrumental case,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instrumental%20case.
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