"case" meaning in Englisch

See case in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: keɪs Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-case.wav , En-us-case.ogg , En-us-cases.ogg Forms: the case [singular], the cases [plural]
Rhymes: eɪs
  1. Fall m
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-yye0hprO Topics: linguistics
  2. Fall m
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-yye0hprO1
  3. Kasten m, Kiste f
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-saBYAe0Z
  4. Behälter m
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-2HJhfBeR
  5. Schachtel f
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-W4HWlxc7
  6. Futteral n
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-Y02W~zi4
  7. Etui n, Brillenetui n
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-8j6wKd8t
  8. Mappe f, Schreibmappe f
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-7oS4KAGA
  9. Bezug m, Kissenbezug m, Überzug m
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-ZJirv4wr
  10. (Technik) Mantel m, Verkleidung f
    Sense id: de-case-en-noun-MAjSaJaj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: casebook Translations: Fall [masculine] (Deutsch), Fall [masculine] (Deutsch), Kasten [masculine] (Deutsch), Kiste [feminine] (Deutsch), Behälter [masculine] (Deutsch), Schachtel [feminine] (Deutsch), Futteral [neuter] (Deutsch), Etui [neuter] (Deutsch), Brillenetui [neuter] (Deutsch), Mappe [feminine] (Deutsch), Schreibmappe [feminine] (Deutsch), Bezug [masculine] (Deutsch), Kissenbezug [masculine] (Deutsch), Überzug [masculine] (Deutsch), Mantel [masculine] (Deutsch), Verkleidung [feminine] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Roter Audiolink",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
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      "source": "w"
    },
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "casebook"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the case",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "the cases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "case",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
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        },
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        "Rechtssprache"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
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        {
          "ref": "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; Harper & Bros., 1892 Google Books",
          "text": "\"With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an arm-chair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.\""
        }
      ],
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        "Kasten m, Kiste f"
      ],
      "id": "de-case-en-noun-saBYAe0Z",
      "sense_index": "3"
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        "Behälter m"
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        "Schachtel f"
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        "Futteral n"
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      "sense_index": "6"
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Etui n, Brillenetui n"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "7"
    },
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        "Mappe f, Schreibmappe f"
      ],
      "id": "de-case-en-noun-7oS4KAGA",
      "sense_index": "8"
    },
    {
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        "Bezug m, Kissenbezug m, Überzug m"
      ],
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "(Technik) Mantel m, Verkleidung f"
      ],
      "id": "de-case-en-noun-MAjSaJaj",
      "sense_index": "10"
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fall"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fall"
    },
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kiste"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Behälter"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schachtel"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "6",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Futteral"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "7",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Etui"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "7",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Brillenetui"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "8",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mappe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "8",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schreibmappe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "9",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bezug"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "9",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kissenbezug"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "9",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Überzug"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "10",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mantel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "10",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verkleidung"
    }
  ],
  "word": "case"
}
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    "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "casebook"
    }
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      "form": "the case",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the cases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "case",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Thomas Coar: A Grammar of the English Tongue. London, 1796, Seite 38",
          "text": "„Nouns in the English tongue have only two different terminations for cases, viz. the nominative and the genitive.\nSingular.\nNom. a man\nGen. a man's.\nThe others are expressed by prepositions.“"
        },
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          "ref": "Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier, Joseph Bonaventure Dacier (baron); The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; their expulsion thence; and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as …; Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1810 Google Books",
          "text": "\"To this I reply, that it is no way applicable to the case; for my lord of Orleans never intruded on any other's domination, by Violence, nor did he attempt to usurp the power and authority of the king.\""
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        "Fall m"
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        }
      ],
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        "Kasten m, Kiste f"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Behälter m"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Schachtel f"
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      "sense_index": "5"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Futteral n"
      ],
      "sense_index": "6"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Etui n, Brillenetui n"
      ],
      "sense_index": "7"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Mappe f, Schreibmappe f"
      ],
      "sense_index": "8"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Bezug m, Kissenbezug m, Überzug m"
      ],
      "sense_index": "9"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(Technik) Mantel m, Verkleidung f"
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fall"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fall"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kasten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kiste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Behälter"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schachtel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "6",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Futteral"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "7",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Etui"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "7",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Brillenetui"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "8",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mappe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "8",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schreibmappe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "9",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bezug"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "9",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kissenbezug"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "9",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Überzug"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "10",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mantel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "10",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verkleidung"
    }
  ],
  "word": "case"
}

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