der Kasus
Translation
case (grammatical), case (instance), instance
Examples
Im Deutschen gibt es vier Kasus.
In German, there are four cases.
Das ist ein schwieriger Kasus.
That is a difficult case.
Grammar Patterns
im ((Kasus)) sein/stehen to be in the ... case Das Nomen steht im Dativ.
Similar Words
Synonyms: Fall, Beugungsform (inflectional form)
Etymology
From Latin "casus" meaning "a fall, occurrence, case", related to "cadere" (to fall). It shares the same origin as the English word "case".
Memory Tips
Think of the grammatical "case" as the specific "case" or situation a noun finds itself in within a sentence.