Dative is the death of genitive.
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Dative
//ˈdeɪtɪv//
Synonyms for "dative" (4 found)
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54 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δοτική adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Arabic
1 entries- مفعول لأجله adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Armenian
1 entries- տրական adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Basque
1 entries- datibo adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Belarusian
1 entries- дава́льны adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Bulgarian
1 entries- да́телен adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Catalan
2 entries- datiu adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- datiu adj (given by a judge)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 与格 adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- 第三格 adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Czech
1 entries- dativní adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Danish
1 entries- dativ adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Dutch
4 entries- afzetbaar adj (removable)
- begeven adj (capable of being disposed of at will)
- datief adj (given by a judge)
- in de datief adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Esperanto
1 entries- dativa adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Faroese
1 entries- hvørjumfals adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Finnish
3 entries- datiivi adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- datiivinen adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- datiivissa oleva sana noun (word in the dative)
French
1 entries- datif adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Galician
1 entries- dativo adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Georgian
1 entries- მიცემითი adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
German
3 entries- Dativ adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- dativisch adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- Dativ noun (word in the dative)
Greek
1 entries- δοτική adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Hungarian
3 entries- részeshatározó adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- részeshatározói adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- részeshatározós adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Icelandic
1 entries- þágufalls adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Indonesian
1 entries- datif adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Irish
1 entries- tabharthach adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Italian
1 entries- dativo adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Japanese
1 entries- 与格 adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Latin
1 entries- datīvus adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Norwegian
1 entries- dativ adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Old English
1 entries- forġiefendlīċ adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Polish
1 entries- celownikowy adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Portuguese
2 entries- dativo adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- dativo adj (given by a judge)
Russian
1 entries- да́тельный adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tabhartach adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Slovene
1 entries- dajalniški adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Spanish
1 entries- dativo adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Swedish
1 entries- dativ adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Turkish
2 entries- datif adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- e hâli adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дава́льний adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dữ cách adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- tặng cách adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Welsh
2 entries- dadiol adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
- derbyniol adj (grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object)
Sample sentences
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When writing for a German newspaper, every few sentences you should replace some grammatical case with a dative, or a noun with its English translation, to make your article linguistically more interesting.
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Dative spells the death of the genitive.
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In Latin, there are six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, and vocative.
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