Meanings
plural oblique cases
- grammarAny noun case except the nominative case (and sometimes the vocative case), where the noun is the object of a verb or the object of a preposition.
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19. Cases of Nouns are six: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative, and Ablative. As in the Latin and Greek languages, these cases are derived from the Nominative by certain rules of inflection; the Nominative being the root of all the other cases, is termed the direct case, the others are called oblique cases.
1817, Peter Edmund Laurent, An introduction to the study of German grammar; with practical exercises., London, page 13Synonyms: objective case · Antonyms: direct case
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny noun case except the nominative case (and sometimes the vocative case), where the noun is the object of a verb or the object of a preposition.
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Translations
Ancient Greek πτῶσις πλᾰγία
- πτῶσις πλᾰγία (ptôsis plăgía)any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Bulgarian косвен падеж
- косвен падеж (kosven padež)any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Catalan cas oblic
- cas oblicany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Chinese Mandarin 間接格 /间接格, 斜格
- 間接格 /间接格 (jiànjiēgé)any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
- 斜格 (xiégé)any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Czech objektiv
- objektivany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Finnish obliikvisija
- obliikvisijaany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
French cas oblique, cas régime
- cas obliqueany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
- cas régimeany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
German abhängiger Fall, Casus obliquus
- abhängiger Fallany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
- Casus obliquusany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
- Obliquusany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
- obliquer Kasusany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Greek πτώση πλαγία
- πτώση πλαγία (ptósi plagía)any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Hungarian függő eset
- függő esetany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Icelandic aukafall
- aukafallany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Irish claontuiseal
- claontuisealany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Italian caso obliquo
- caso obliquoany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Japanese 斜格
- 斜格 (shakaku)any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Latin casus obliquus
- casus obliquusany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Polish przypadek zależny
- przypadek zależnyany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Portuguese caso oblíquo
- caso oblíquoany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Romanian caz oblic
- caz oblicany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Russian ко́свенный паде́ж
- ко́свенный паде́ж (kósvennyj padéž)any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Spanish caso oblicuo
- caso oblicuoany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Swedish oblikt kasus
- oblikt kasusany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Welsh cyflwr traws
- cyflwr trawsany noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
Cite this entry
oblique case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oblique%20case
“oblique case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oblique%20case. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oblique case,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oblique%20case.
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