Nominalsatz

German

Examples
Ich Tarzan, du Jane. Me Tarzan, you Jane Brand in Hotel, Ehepaar tot. Fire in hotel, married couple dead. (More regular examples occur in languages such as Russian or Arabic.)

Etymology

nominal +‎ Satz

Pronunciation

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Noun

Nominalsatz m (strong, genitive Nominalsatzes, plural Nominalsätze) (grammar)

1. (strictly) a clause that does not contain a verb
2. (broader, possibly dated) a clause that does not contain a verb other than a copula, thus a Nominalsatz (in the strict sense) or a Kopulasatz

Usage notes

• Neither of the two definitions has anything to do with English nominal clause, the German term for which is Gegenstandssatz or Inhaltssatz.

Declension

Declension of Nominalsatz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nominalsatz	die	Nominalsätze
genitive	eines	des	Nominalsatzes	der	Nominalsätze
dative	einem	dem	Nominalsatz, Nominalsatze1	den	Nominalsätzen
accusative	einen	den	Nominalsatz	die	Nominalsätze

¹Now rare, see notes.