subjective case

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subjective case

noun subjective cases

The form of a noun or pronoun used as the subject of a finite verb. In the active voice this is the agent, in the passive voice the subject is the receiver of the action. In both cases the subject is the thing subjected to what is said about it, it is the “topic of the statement”.
Similar: subject case, nominative case · Opposite: objective case

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noun grammatical case

Français	cas sujet
Deutsch	Subjektfall
Română	cazul subiect

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@misc{subjective_case_2026,
  title = {subjective case},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/subjective%20case},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}