Editing Vocative case (section)

====German dialects====
In some [[German dialects]], like the [[Ripuarian language|Ripuarian]] dialect of [[Cologne]], it is common to use the (gender-appropriate) article before a person's name. In the vocative phrase then the article is, as in Venetian and Catalan, omitted. Thus, the determiner precedes nouns in all cases except the vocative. Any noun not preceded by an article or other determiner is in the vocative case. It is most often used to address someone or some group of living beings, usually in conjunction with an imperative construct. It can also be used to address dead matter as if the matter could react or to tell something astonishing or just happening such as "Your nose is dripping."<!-- There is one partial exception in some Ripuarian languages: god/Jesus; but though it is required to not use no determiner to talk
about God acting (''{{lang|ksh|Jott hät jesaat&nbsp;...}}'' God said...), it is much more convenient talk about God in the third person: ''{{lang|ksh|der leeve Jott hät jesaat&nbsp;...}}'' (the dear God said...) -->

[[Colognian dialect|Colognian]] examples:
{| class="wikitable"
|{{lang|ksh|Do es der Päul — Päul, kumm ens erövver!}}
|There is Paul. Paul, come over [please]!
|-
|''{{lang|ksh|Och do leeven Kaffepott, do bes jo am dröppe!}}''
|O [my] dear coffee pot, you are dripping!
|-
|''{{lang|ksh|„Pääde, jooht loufe!“ Un di Pääde jonn loufe.}}''
|"Horses, run away!" And the horses are running away.
|}