nominativ

See also: Nominativ, nominatív, and nominatīv

Czech

Etymology

From Latin nōminātīvus, from nōmināre (“to name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnomɪnatɪf]
• IPA^(key): [ˈnomɪnatiːf]

Noun

nominativ m inan

1. (grammar) nominative, case used to indicate the subject—or agent—of a finite verb

   Synonyms: první pád, názevník, jmenovatel, jmenovník

Declension

Declension of nominativ (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	nominativ	nominativy
genitive	nominativu	nominativů
dative	nominativu	nominativům
accusative	nominativ	nominativy
vocative	nominative	nominativy
locative	nominativě, nominativu	nominativech
instrumental	nominativem	nominativy

Further reading

• “nominativ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nominativ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nominativ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From Latin nōminātīvus, from nōmināre (“to name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nominatiːv/, [ˈnominaˌtˢiwˀ], [ˈnɔminaˌtˢiwˀ]

Noun

nominativ c (singular definite nominativen, plural indefinite nominativer)

1. (uncountable) nominative (the nominative case)
2. (countable) a word form in the nominative case

Inflection

Declension of nominativ

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nominativ	nominativen	nominativer	nominativerne
genitive	nominativs	nominativens	nominativers	nominativernes

Synonyms

• (the nominative case): nævnefald

Romanian

Etymology

Latin nominativus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnominaˈtiv/

Noun

nominativ n (plural nominative)

1. the nominative case

Declension

Declension of nominativ

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nominativ	nominativul		nominative	nominativele
genitive-dative	nominativ	nominativului		nominative	nominativelor
vocative	nominativule			nominativelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nôminatiːʋ/

Noun

nȍminatīv m (Cyrillic spelling но̏минатӣв)

1. (grammar) nominative

   Synonym: pr̀vi pádež

Declension

Declension of nominativ

	singular	plural
nominative	nominativ	nominativi
genitive	nominativa	nominativa
dative	nominativu	nominativima
accusative	nominativ	nominative
vocative	nominative	nominativi
locative	nominativu	nominativima
instrumental	nominativom	nominativima

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nóːminatiʋ/

Noun

nọ̑minativ m inan

1. (grammar) nominative case

   Synonym: imenovalnik

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “nominativ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nominativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʊmɪnatiːv/

Noun

nominativ c or n

1. the grammatical case nominative

Declension

Declension of nominativ

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nominativ	nominativs
	definite	nominativen	nominativens
plural	indefinite	nominativer	nominativers
	definite	nominativerna	nominativernas

Hypernyms

• kasus

Descendants

• → Ingrian: nominativa

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nominativ

1. nominative case

Inflection

Inflection of nominativ (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	nominativ
genitive sing.	nominativan
partitive sing.	nominativad
partitive plur.	nominativoid
	singular	plural
nominative	nominativ	nominativad
accusative	nominativan	nominativad
genitive	nominativan	nominativoiden
partitive	nominativad	nominativoid
essive-instructive	nominativan	nominativoin
translative	nominativaks	nominativoikš
inessive	nominativas	nominativoiš
elative	nominativaspäi	nominativoišpäi
illative	nominativaha	nominativoihe
adessive	nominatival	nominativoil
ablative	nominativalpäi	nominativoilpäi
allative	nominativale	nominativoile
abessive	nominativata	nominativoita
comitative	nominativanke	nominativoidenke
prolative	nominativadme	nominativoidme
approximative I	nominativanno	nominativoidenno
approximative II	nominativannoks	nominativoidennoks
egressive	nominativannopäi	nominativoidennopäi
terminative I	nominativahasai	nominativoihesai
terminative II	nominativalesai	nominativoilesai
terminative III	nominativassai	—
additive I	nominativahapäi	nominativoihepäi
additive II	nominativalepäi	nominativoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “номинатив”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika