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Possessive articles

Say whose something is: mein Bruder, deine Tasche, unser Haus.

One for each person

Each pronoun has its own possessive article: mein Bruder is my brother, dein Bruder is your brother.

sein means “his” (and “its”), ihr means “her” or “their”, and Ihr with a capital letter means the formal “your”.

One for each person
personal pronoun(Personalpronomen)possessive article(Possessivartikel)
ichmein
dudein
ersein
sieihr
essein
wirunser
ihreuer
sie / Sieihr / Ihr

Endings like ein and kein

The possessive article takes the same endings as ein. The ending depends on the noun that follows, not on the owner: mein Vater, meine Mutter, mein Kind, meine Eltern.

In the accusative only the masculine changes: Ich besuche meinen Vater.

Endings like ein and kein
case(Kasus)masculine(maskulin)feminine(feminin)neuter(neutral)plural(Plural)
nominative(Nominativ)meinmeinemeinmeine
accusative(Akkusativ)meinenmeinemeinmeine

unser and euer

unser and euer work the same way. With euer the second e disappears when an ending is added: eure Tasche, euren Schlüssel.

Examples: Wir lieben unser Haus. and Habt ihr euren Schlüssel?

unser and euer
case(Kasus)masculine(maskulin)feminine(feminin)neuter(neutral)plural(Plural)
nominative(Nominativ)unser / euerunsere / eureunser / euerunsere / eure
accusative(Akkusativ)unseren / eurenunsere / eureunser / euerunsere / eure

Examples

  • Das ist mein Bruder.

    That is my brother.

  • Wo ist deine Tasche?

    Where is your bag?

  • Ich besuche meinen Onkel.

    I am visiting my uncle.

  • Er liebt seine Frau.

    He loves his wife.

  • Sie mag ihren Hund.

    She likes her dog.

  • Wir lieben unser Haus.

    We love our house.

  • Wie ist Ihr Name?

    What is your name? (formal)

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