"Kasus" meaning in German

See Kasus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkaːzʊs/, /ˈkaːˌzuːs/ [literary, variant] (note: for the plural) Audio: De-Kasus.ogg , De-Kasus2.ogg , De-Kasus3.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cāsus, from cadō (“I fall”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|la|cāsus}} Borrowed from Latin cāsus Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,-}} Kasus m (strong, genitive Kasus, plural Kasus) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,-}} Forms: Kasus [genitive], Kasus [plural], strong [table-tags], Kasus [nominative, singular], Kasus [definite, nominative, plural], Kasus [genitive, singular], Kasus [definite, genitive, plural], Kasus [dative, singular], Kasus [dative, definite, plural], Kasus [accusative, singular], Kasus [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (grammar) (grammatical) case (specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms (specific inflection of a word): Fall, Endung [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-Kasus-de-noun-hy3zZtpO Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'specific inflection of a word': 85 15
  2. (linguistics) case (grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-Kasus-de-noun-N91JasbW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Casus [dated] Derived forms: Einheitskasus, KNG-Kongruenz Coordinate_terms: Genus (english: gender) [neuter], Numerus [masculine, numeral], Person [feminine, person]
Hyponyms: Ablativ, Akkusativ, Dativ, Genitiv, Instrumental, Instrumentalis, Lokativ, Nominativ, Rektus, Obliquus, Vokativ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "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.",
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    },
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