Possessive Pronouns For Intermediate learners

What is a Possessive Pronoun?

As the name suggests, a possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows ownership. In order to find the possessive pronoun in a sentence, you can ask "whose?". For instance, in the sentence "These keys are mine.", "mine" is the possessive pronoun. This type of pronoun replaces the noun and its ending changes based on the gender, case, and number of that noun.

The German Possessive Pronouns

The table below shows the possessive base:

ich	mein-
du	dein-
er/sie/es	sein- / ihr- / sein-
wir	unser-
ihr	euer-
sie	ihr-
Sie	Ihr- (always capitalized)

The endings for possessive pronouns can be listed as follows:

Nominative

Accusative

Dative

Nominative

Used when the possessive pronoun refers to the subject of the sentence.

	Nominative
Masculine	meiner
Neuter	meins
Feminine	meine
Plural	meine

Example

Mein Hund ist groß. Deiner ist klein.

My dog is big. Yours is small.

Accusative

Used when the possessive pronoun refers to the direct object.

	Accusative
Masculine	meinen
Neuter	meins
Feminine	meine
Plural	meine

Example

Ich habe meinen Schlüssel. Hast du deinen?

I have my key. Do you have yours?

Dative

Used when the possessive pronoun refers to the indirect object.

	Dative
Masculine	meinem
Neuter	meinem
Feminine	meiner
Plural	meinen

Example

Ich helfe meinem Kind. Er hilft seinem.

I help my child. He helps his.

A special rule for "Euer"

When an ending is added to the base "Euer", the middle "e" drops.

euer + ending → eur + ending

	Nom	Acc	Dat
Masculine	eurer	euren	eurem
Neuter	eurs	eurs	eurem
Feminine	eure	eure	eurer
Plural	eure	eure	euren

Example

Der Hund ist eurer.

The dog is yours.

(Nominative – Masculine)

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Possessive Pronouns For Intermediate learners

What is a Possessive Pronoun?

The German Possessive Pronouns

Nominative

Accusative

Dative

A special rule for "Euer"

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