genitive case

• Cas grammatical utilisé pour exprimer la possession, l'origine ou une relation étroite entre des noms, souvent rendu en anglais par l'apostrophe-s ('s) ou la préposition 'of'.

A grammatical case used to indicate possession, origin, or a close relationship between nouns, often expressed in English with an apostrophe-s ('s) or the preposition 'of'.

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   A grammatical case used to indicate possession, origin, or a close relationship between nouns.

   cas génitif

   • In English, the genitive case is often formed with an apostrophe and 's', as in 'John's book'.
   • The genitive case in Latin is used to show ownership.
   • In German, the genitive case is used for possession, like 'des Mannes' (the man's).