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Etymology

From Latin casus 'chance, event', from the past participle of cadere 'to fall, happen'; same semantic leap as Dutch voorval, German Forfall etc., cognate with English case, French cas etc.

Noun

casus m. (plural casussen or casus, diminutive casusje, diminutive plural casusjes)

  1. A case, occurence, instance, especially used for a reference or teaching example and for a legal case
  2. (grammar) A case, (instance of) grammatical case
  3. A coincidence

Synonyms

Related terms


Latin

Verb

casus

  1. past participle of cadere, 'to fall'.

Adjective

casus m. (feminine casa, neuter casum); first/second declension

  1. fallen

Noun

casus (genitive casūs); m, fourth declension

  1. A case, happening, instance; literally that which has fallen; substantive use of the adjective

Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative casus casūs
genitive casūs casuum
dative casuī casibus
accusative casum casūs
ablative casū casibus
vocative casus casūs

Derived terms

Descendants


Turkish

Noun

casus

  1. A spy

Declension

declension of casus
singular plural
nominative casus casuslar
accusative casusu casusları
dative casusa casuslara
locative casusta casuslarda
ablative casustan casuslardan
genitive casusun casusların
possessive forms of casus
singular plural
benim (my) casusum casuslarım
senin (your) casusun casusların
onun (his/her/its) casusu casusları
bizim (our) casusumuz casuslarımız
sizin (your) casusunuz casuslarınız
onların (their) casusu/casusları casusları

See also

 

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