Introduction
Einführung
Genitive pronouns are used to indicate possession or ownership. They are roughly equivalent to saying “my (noun)’s” or “his (noun)’s” in English.
For instance, in English you could say “This is my father’s book” or “This is the book of my father”. In German the sentence would be Dies ist das Buch meines Vaters. Instead of literally translating “of my” as von mein you simply use meiner. Notice also that Vater takes the ~s ending because it is masculine. In the sentence Dies ist das Buch meiner Mutter the feminine noun Mutter does not take the ~s ending.
For instance, in English you could say “This is my father’s book” or “This is the book of my father”. In German the sentence would be Dies ist das Buch meines Vaters. Instead of literally translating “of my” as von mein you simply use meiner. Notice also that Vater takes the ~s ending because it is masculine. In the sentence Dies ist das Buch meiner Mutter the feminine noun Mutter does not take the ~s ending.
| Singular | First-person |
meines
of my
masculine
meiner
of my
feminine
|
|---|---|---|
| Second-person |
deines
of your
masculine informal
deiner
of your
feminine informal
|
|
| Third-person |
seines
of his
masculine
seiner
of his
feminine
ihres
of her
masculine
of their
masculine
ihrer
of her
feminine
of their
feminine
|
|
| Plural | First-person |
unses
of our
masculine
unser
of our
feminine
|
| Second-person |
eures
of you alls
masculine informal
eurer
of you alls
feminine informal
|
|
| Third-person |
ihres
of her
masculine
of their
masculine
ihrer
of her
feminine
of their
feminine
Ihres
of your
masculine formal
of you alls
masculine formal
Ihrer
of your
feminine formal
of you alls
feminine formal
|
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