instrumental case

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Tamil, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.

Equivalents

Españolcaso instrumental instrumental

Françaiscas instrumental instrumental

DeutschInstrumental Instrumental-Kasus InstrumentalisWomit-Fall

28 more languages

Беларускаятворны склон

Bosanskiinstrumental

Češtinainstrumentál sedmý pád

Ελληνικάοργανική

Suomiinstrumentaali

हिन्दीतृतीया विभक्ति

Hrvatskiinstrumental

Magyareszközhatározó eset instrumentális

Հայերենգործիական գործիական հոլով

Íslenskatækisfall

Italianocaso strumentale

日本語具格造格

ქართულიმოქმედებითი მოქმედებითი ბრუნვა

Қазақ тілікөмектес септік

한국어조격

Lietuviųįnagininkas

Latviešuinstrumentālis

Монголүйлдэх үйлдэхийн тийн ялгал

Nederlandsinstrumentalis

Polskinarzędnik

Portuguêscaso instrumental instrumental

Русскийтвори́тельный паде́ж

Slovenčinainštrumentál

Slovenščinaorodnik

Српскиinstrumental

తెలుగుతృతీయా విభక్తి

Türkçearaç durumu araç hâli enstrümantal

Українськаорудний відмінок

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

instrumental rationality instrumental version instrumental width instrumentalisation instrumentalism Instrumentalist

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