What Does Accusative Mean?

What Does Accusative Mean?

The accusative case of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb. The same case is used in many languages for the objects of prepositions. It is usually combined with the nominative case.

What does accusative mean in grammar?

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : of, relating to, or being a grammatical case (see case entry 1 sense 3a) that marks the direct object of a verb or the object of some prepositions. 2 : accusatory an accusative tone.

What is accusative case example?

For example, Hund (dog) is a masculine (der) word, so the article changes when used in the accusative case: Ich habe einen Hund. (lit., I have a dog.) In the sentence "a dog" is in the accusative case as it is the second idea (the object) of the sentence.

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