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nounThe case used to indicate the subject—or agent—of a finite verb.
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nounthe category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
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Afrikaans nominatief, eerste naamval
- nominatiefcase used to indicate the subject
- eerste naamvalcase used to indicate the subject
Ancient Greek πτῶσις ὀνομαστική, ὀνομαστική
- πτῶσις ὀνομαστική (ptôsis onomastikḗ)case used to indicate the subject
- ὀνομαστική (onomastikḗ)case used to indicate the subject
- εὐθεῖα πτῶσις (eutheîa ptôsis)case used to indicate the subject
- εὐθεῖα (eutheîa)case used to indicate the subject
- ὀρθή (orthḗ)case used to indicate the subject
Arabic حَالَةْ اَلرَّفْع, مَرْفُوع
- حَالَةْ اَلرَّفْع (ḥālat ar-rafʕ)case used to indicate the subject
- مَرْفُوع (marfūʕ)case used to indicate the subject
Bulgarian имени́телен паде́ж
- имени́телен паде́ж (imenítelen padéž)case used to indicate the subject
Catalan cas nominatiu, nominatiu
- cas nominatiucase used to indicate the subject
- nominatiucase used to indicate the subject
Chinese Mandarin 主格
- 主格 (zhǔgé)case used to indicate the subject
Czech nominativ, první pád
- nominativcase used to indicate the subject
- první pádcase used to indicate the subject
Danish nominativ
- nominativcase used to indicate the subject
Dutch eerste naamval, nominatief
- eerste naamvalcase used to indicate the subject
- nominatiefcase used to indicate the subject
Esperanto nominativo
- nominativocase used to indicate the subject
Estonian nimetav kääne, nominatiiv
- nimetav käänecase used to indicate the subject
- nominatiivcase used to indicate the subject
Finnish nominatiivi, nimentö
- nominatiivicase used to indicate the subject
- nimentöcase used to indicate the subject
French nominatif
- nominatifcase used to indicate the subject
German Nominativ, Werfall
- Nominativcase used to indicate the subject
- Werfallcase used to indicate the subject
- Wer-Fallcase used to indicate the subject
Greek ονομαστική
- ονομαστική (onomastikí)case used to indicate the subject
Hebrew נושא
- נושא (nosé)case used to indicate the subject
Hindi प्रथमा विभक्ति
- प्रथमा विभक्ति (prathmā vibhakti)case used to indicate the subject
Hungarian alanyeset
- alanyesetcase used to indicate the subject
Icelandic nefnifall
- nefnifallcase used to indicate the subject
Irish ainmneach
- ainmneachcase used to indicate the subject
Italian nominativo
- nominativocase used to indicate the subject
Japanese 主格
- 主格 (shukaku)case used to indicate the subject
Korean 주격
- 주격 (jugyeok)case used to indicate the subject
Latin cāsus nōminātīvus, nōminātīvus
- cāsus nōminātīvuscase used to indicate the subject
- nōminātīvuscase used to indicate the subject
- cāsus rēctuscase used to indicate the subject
Latvian nominatīvs
- nominatīvscase used to indicate the subject
Lithuanian vardininkas
- vardininkascase used to indicate the subject
Malay kes nominatif
- kes nominatifcase used to indicate the subject
Norwegian Bokmål nominativ
- nominativcase used to indicate the subject
Polish mianownik
- mianownikcase used to indicate the subject
Portuguese caso nominativo, nominativo
- caso nominativocase used to indicate the subject
- nominativocase used to indicate the subject
Romanian caz nominativ, nominativ
- caz nominativcase used to indicate the subject
- nominativcase used to indicate the subject
Russian имени́тельный паде́ж
- имени́тельный паде́ж (imenítelʹnyj padéž)case used to indicate the subject
Scottish Gaelic tuiseal ainmneach, ainmneach
- tuiseal ainmneachcase used to indicate the subject
- ainmneachcase used to indicate the subject
Slovak prvý pád, nominatív
- prvý pádcase used to indicate the subject
- nominatívcase used to indicate the subject
Spanish caso nominativo, nominativo
- caso nominativocase used to indicate the subject
- nominativocase used to indicate the subject
Swedish nominativ
- nominativcase used to indicate the subject
Tamil முதல் வேற்றுமை, எழுவாய் வேற்றுமை
- முதல் வேற்றுமை (mutal vēṟṟumai)case used to indicate the subject
- எழுவாய் வேற்றுமை (eḻuvāy vēṟṟumai)case used to indicate the subject
- எழுவாய் (eḻuvāy)case used to indicate the subject
Thai กรรตุการก
- กรรตุการก (gà-dtù-gaa-rók)case used to indicate the subject
Turkish yalın hâl, ismin yalın hâli
- yalın hâlcase used to indicate the subject
- ismin yalın hâlicase used to indicate the subject
Ukrainian називний
- називний (nazyvnyj)case used to indicate the subject
Vietnamese nguyên cách, danh cách
- nguyên cáchcase used to indicate the subject
- danh cáchcase used to indicate the subject
- cách têncase used to indicate the subject
- chủ cáchcase used to indicate the subject
Welsh goddrychol
- goddrycholcase used to indicate the subject
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nominative case
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APA
nominative case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominative%20case
MLA
“nominative case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominative%20case. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nominative case,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominative%20case.
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