dative
To-whom grammatical form
Dative refers to a grammatical case indicating the indirect object of a verb—typically the recipient or beneficiary of an action.
In English, this role is usually marked by word order or prepositions like "to" or "for": Give the book to her.
Many languages mark the dative with word endings: Latin *puellae* (to the girl), German *dem Mann* (to the man).
Case for direct objects
- genitiveCase expressing ownership
- nominativeCase marking sentence subjects
- ablativeRemoving by erosion
- locativeCase indicating place
instrumental · vocative · partitive · oblique · declension · inflection · morphology · agreement
Designated asset receiver
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- goalDesired end result
- addresseeIntended mail recipient
- possessorOne who owns something
affected · argument · complement · object · send · tell · show · offer
accusative
Case for direct objects
- genitiveCase expressing ownership
- nominativeCase marking sentence subjects
- ablativeRemoving by erosion
locative · instrumental · vocative · partitive · oblique · declension · inflection · morphology · agreement · number
beneficiary
Designated asset receiver
possessor · affected · argument · complement · object · send · tell · show · offer · hand
German
Central European language
Sanskrit · Polish · Finnish · Hungarian · Icelandic · Lithuanian · Czech · Serbian · Romanian · Hindi
applicative
Relating to practical use
- benefactiveCase marking recipient
- GermanGermany, Austria, Switzerland, German, Berlin
- casescarrying case, protective case, hard case, soft case, storage case
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
- grammar termsnoun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun
- Hungariangoulash, paprika, Budapest, Magyar, puszta
- LatinLatin, Latin vocabulary, Latin roots, Latin alphabet, Latin phrases
dativenominative
Case marking sentence subjects
accusative · genitive · ablative · objective · subjective
give, render, edit, tradition, donation, donate, condone, datum, extradite