In the grammar of some languages, the nominative or the nominative case is the case used for a noun when it is the subject of a verb. Compare accusative. a particular form of a noun in some languages, such as Latin and German, which shows that the noun is the subject of a verb
the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock" serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative
serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative