# nominative case

Pronunciation: US say "NOM-uh-nuh-tiv kays" /ˈnɑmənətɪv ˌkeɪs/; UK say "NOM-i-nuh-tiv kays" /ˈnɒmɪnətɪv ˌkeɪs/

## Noun

1. The grammatical case that marks the subject, or agent, of a finite verb.
   - Simple: The form a noun or pronoun takes when it is the subject of a verb.
   - _In the German sentence "Der Hund beißt den Mann," the dog is in the nominative case._
   - _Latin nouns in the nominative case often end in -us, -a, or -um._

## Noun

2. The word or phrase that serves as the subject of a verb. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The word that is the subject of a verb.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/nominative-case (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).