subjective case

English

Noun

subjective case (plural subjective cases)

1. (grammar) The form of a noun or pronoun used as the subject of a finite verb. In the active_voice this is the agent, in the passive_voice the subject is the receiver of the action. In both cases the subject is the thing subjected to what is said about it, it is the “topic of the statement”.

   Synonyms: subject case, nominative case

   Antonym: objective case

Translations

grammatical case

• Bulgarian: именителен падеж (imenitelen padež)
• Finnish: subjektiivi
• French: cas sujet (fr)
• German: Subjektfall m
• Romanian: cazul subiect n

See also

• Thesaurus:grammatical case