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German
Etymology
nennen + Fall, literally “mentioning case”.
Pronunciation
Noun
Nennfall m (strong, genitive Nennfalles or Nennfalls, plural Nennfälle)
- (chiefly in the singular, dated) Synonym of Nominativ
- Coordinate terms: Zeugefall, Gebefall, Klagefall, Ruffall
1847, Josua Eiselein, Deutsche sprachlehre fur sculen; auszug und umarbeitung seiner grammatik nach Jakob Grimm, Belle-Vue, →OCLC, page 156:In folgenden und ähnlichen: was neues? was anders? was machst dû hier gûtes? mag man die Beiwörter êher für Nennfälle als für Wesfälle nehmen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Nennfall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache