vocative

Relating to or denoting a grammatical case used for addressing a person or thing directly; now primarily used in historical or linguistic contexts.

• 🇩🇪Sich auf den Vokativ beziehend, den grammatischen Fall, der für die direkte Anrede einer Person oder Sache verwendet wird; heute vor allem in historischem oder linguistischem Kontext gebräuchlich.

1. Relating to a grammatical case C1 formal

   Describing a grammatical case used to directly address a person or thing being spoken to.

   • In Latin, the vocative case is used when calling someone's name.
   • The vocative form of 'Marcus' in Latin is 'Marce'.
   • Some languages, like Polish, still actively use the vocative case.

   🇩🇪Vokativ

• more vocative comparative form
• most vocative superlative form

A grammatical case found in some inflected languages, used to indicate that a noun is being directly addressed.

• 🇩🇪Ein grammatischer Fall, der in einigen flektierenden Sprachen vorkommt und angibt, dass ein Substantiv direkt angesprochen wird.

1. Grammatical case for addressing C1 formal

   A grammatical case used in some languages to indicate that a noun is being directly addressed, often used for calling or speaking to someone.

   • In Latin, 'Brute' is the vocative form of 'Brutus'.
   • The vocative case is common in Slavic languages like Polish and Russian.
   • When addressing a friend in Ancient Greek, you would use the vocative case.

   🇩🇪Vokativ

   Synonyme: vocative case

• vocatives plural form
• vocatives' possessive plural form
• vocative's possessive singular form