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Rektion

government, rection (of a preposition or verb)

noun rek-TSYOHN Rare
Communication Language

Origin: from Latin rectio (guidance)

Usage Note

Rektion describes the grammatical requirement that certain verbs or prepositions require a specific case. For example, mit governs the dative — this is the Rektion of mit.

Examples

"Welchen Kasus eine Präposition fordert, nennt man ihre Rektion."

Natural Translation

The case that a preposition demands is called its government.

Literal Translation

Which case a preposition demands one calls its government.

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