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Nouns and cases

die Apposition

In English: apposition

A noun group placed right after another noun, between commas, to explain it. It stands in the same case as the noun it explains.

Example: Ich spreche mit Frau Kaya, meiner Nachbarin.

See also

das Attribut der Kasus der Dativ

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