31. This is particularly true of the genitive case , which is still used occasionally to evoke a formal style. 32. For emphasis or clarification, the possessor can be given outside the word as well, using the genitive case . 33. Tallinna in Estonian denotes the genitive case of the name, as in Tallinna Reisisadam ('the Port of Tallinn'). 34. In German, pronouns are followed by the accusative case or by the dative case, rarely by the genitive case . 35. For simplicity, the table below classifies casual languages in which the nominal attribute is marked with the genitive case . 36. Indeed, the genitive case has been widely out of use in most dialects of the German language for centuries. 37. The addition of " s " to the father's first name makes Reynolds a simple genitive case patronymic .. 38. In Old English, the genitive case was marked most often by an "-es " ending for masculine and neuter nouns. 39. A complication in Finnic languages is that the accusative case "-( e ) n " is homophonic to the genitive case . 40. Comparatives are often used with a Modern ) this can be done by placing the compared noun in the genitive case .