Wesfall

German

Alternative forms

Wes-Fall

Etymology

wes (“whose”) +‎ Fall (“case”) (wes is a short form of wessen)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛsfal/
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Noun

Wesfall m (strong, genitive Wesfalles or Wesfalls, plural Wesfälle)

(grammar) Synonym of Genitiv: genitive case
Coordinate terms: Werfall, Wessenfall, Wemfall, Wenfall

Declension

Declension of Wesfall [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wesfall	die	Wesfälle
genitive	eines	des	Wesfalles, Wesfalls	der	Wesfälle
dative	einem	dem	Wesfall, Wesfalle¹	den	Wesfällen
accusative	einen	den	Wesfall	die	Wesfälle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

Wesfall on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Wesfall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Wesfall” in Duden online
“Wesfall” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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