In any language, a noun can play different roles in a sentence. For example, a noun can be the person or thing carrying out an action (Boy plays guitar), or it can be the person or thing affected by the action (Boy plays guitar). These different roles are known as 'the German cases', which dictate the form of the noun. In German, there are 4 such roles, or cases, which are Nominative, Accusative, Dative, and Genitive.
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Cases in German German is a so-called infectional language. Other uses of the accusative case Expressions such as guten Morgen, guten Tag The genitive case The genitive case usually indicates possession Other uses of the dative case Envelopes addressed to men, where the title used |
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