naamval

Dutch

Etymology

From naam (“name, noun, nominal”) +‎ val (“case”). The oldest terms were val and geval, translating Latin casus (“case”), but the grammatical meaning of those words is now obsolete. naam when used in the sense "noun" is also obsolete.

Pronunciation

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Noun

naamval m (plural naamvallen, diminutive naamvalletje n)

  1. (grammar) case

See also

Cases in the Indo-European languages:

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