Kasus

• Casus (dated)

Borrowed from Latin cāsus, from cadō (“I fall”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːzʊs/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːˌzuːs/ (learned variant for the plural)

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• Hyphenation: Ka‧sus

Kasus m (strong, genitive Kasus, plural Kasus)

1. (grammar) (grammatical) case (specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence)
   • 2010, Inge Mosebach-Kaufmann, Intra Lehrerband II, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 81:

     Im Deutschen können die Kasūs nicht wörtlich wiedergegeben werden.

     In German, the kasus (cases) cannot be translated literally.

   • 2012, Beate Kirchner, Jonny Rieder, Renate Wolf, Ostseestädte: Kreuzfahrten zwischen Kiel, St. Petersburg und Kopenhagen. Reiseführer, 4th edition, Trescher Verlag, page 381:

     Die vokallastige estnische Sprache gehört zur finno-ugrischen Sprachfamilie. Mit ihren 14 Kasūs, den zahlreichen Wortendungen sowie dem fremdartig klingenden Vokabular handelt es sich um eine schwer zu erlernende Sprache.

     The vowel-heavy Estonian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family. With its 14 cases, numerous word endings and strange-sounding vocabulary, it is a difficult language to learn.

2. (linguistics) case (grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language)

• The normal written plural is unchanged Kasus. In publications, it is occasionally spelt Kasūs to mark the vowel length.
• The plural Kasusse occurs in speech, but is very rare in writing.

• (specific inflection of a word): Fall, Endung (obsolete in this sense)

• Ablativ
• Akkusativ
• Dativ
• Genitiv
• Instrumental, Instrumentalis
• Lokativ
• Nominativ
• Rektus
• Obliquus
• Vokativ

• Genus n (“gender”)
• Numerus m (“number”)
• Person f (“person”)

• Einheitskasus
• KNG-Kongruenz

• “Kasus” in Duden online
• “Kasus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache