Questions tagged [possessive-pronoun]
Possessivpronomen – Questions on possessive pronouns such as mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer, Ihr, and their declensions.
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“Hast dein Schutzschild genommen” – why not “deinen”?
This is from the song Kämpferherz by Pietro Lombardi:
Hast dein Schutzschild genommen, jedes Feuer abgewehrt.
Will mir nicht vorstellen wie es ohne dich wär’.
I’m curious why he uses dein. Shouldn’t ...
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Possessive adjective used predicatively?
Is it correct to say that possessive adjective could never be used predicatively? That is, it could only be used attributively as complement of a head noun?
I ask this because I could not find any ...
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Can possessive pronouns ever come on their own after a noun?
I was wondering whether it might be possible to formulate a phrase in German using the syntax mentioned in the question above - or more precisely, whether this would be considered a valid formulation ...
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Why Deine Zauber?
I am trying to read Friedrich Schiller's An die Freude (Ode to Joy). On the fifth line he says:
Deine Zauber binden wieder
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Zauber is masculine according to Duden and I ...
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der Ihren – Alternative form of a possessive pronoun (ihr-) used for emphasis?
The words “der Ihren” appear in the following text from a comic book:
Person A: Der Legende nach haben jedes Jahr zwei tapfere Krieger eines
Stammes versucht, den Goldenen Fluss zu erreichen.
Person ...
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Determiner before Genitivatrribut/Possessivpronomen
Recently I found an example sentence in DWDS under the entry "zugutetun":
Goethe war bis an sein Lebensende stolz auf dieses sein Jugendwerk, auf das er sich, neben dem Faust, am meisten ...
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Use of "ihre" vs "die ihre"
In a recent post the following sentences appeared:
Die Frau besitzt eine Gabel. Das ist ihre Gabel. Diese Gabel ist ihre.
Diese Gabel ist die ihre.
Both the sentences "Diese Gabel is ihre."...
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Possesive pronomen + eins..?
Could someone explain the grammar of the amalgation of possesive pronouns with eins? For example consider the word 'euereins' source: example.
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Diese Leiche und seine Umstände
I am reading "Der nasse Fisch" in German on my Kindle, (making much use of the German-English dictionary). This particular paragraph in the book confuses me:
"Diese Leiche ist perfekt! ...
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The correct graph of possessive pronoun and adjectives
There are conflicting information in many parts of the internet, so I ask the question here. In this video by 'Your German Teacher', the following table is given for possesive articles:
Masculine:
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Possessive pronoun after sein
Which is/are correct and why?
Der Hund ist mein.
Der Hund ist meiner.
My thinking is that only 2 is correct. If a noun follows mein-? then it's a determiner, and the masculine possessive determiner ...
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Is "dir" required in "Wasch deine Hände"
If I want to order my children to wash their hands, is Wasch deine Hände correct or does it require dir like in Wasch dir deine Hände.
Is this extensive to all body parts?
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How could sein be the correct possessive in this case?
In conversation with 2 native German speakers I wanted to say:
The very sight of him rattled me.
So I said:
Der bloße Anblick von ihm erschreckte mich.
Whereupon they called that sentence ...
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Bestimmter Artikel mit Possessivpronomen [closed]
der/die/das ihre, der/die/das Ihre, die Ihren
die deinen
der/die/das seine
Can you please explain to me how these work? How can I use them? Can you please write for me some examples?
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Unseren vs. unsern vs. unsren
Part of this question already exists on Reddit, but I thought it would be worth asking again here because it might produce some more reliable and complete answers. In Wiktionary's declension table (...
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