Pronouns, Pronomen in German, replace nouns. In German grammar, pronouns decline or inflecte depending on what case they are in. Personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns, relative pronouns, and interrogative pronouns are all explained in the following lesson .

Pronouns in German Grammar

Pronouns, Pronomen in German, replace nouns. In German grammar, pronouns decline or inflecte depending on what case they are in. Personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns, relative pronouns, and interrogative pronouns are all explained in the following pages.

Personal Pronouns

they replace nouns that have already been mentioned. In German grammar, personal pronouns are declined depending on the case they are in (see below: table of personal pronouns in nominative accusative and dative). We use personal pronouns to talk about ourselves and to address other people.

Usage

Personal pronouns have a different form for each grammatical person. They can reflect gender or number. We use personal pronouns in German grammar to express different things:

• We use personal pronouns in the 3^rd person (er, sie, es) to replace a previously mentioned noun.

Example: 🔊 Listen Ich habe eine Katze. Sie ist sehr niedlich.

To avoid misunderstandings, it should always be clear which noun we are replacing (in case of doubt, it’s better to just repeat the noun).

Example: 🔊 Listen Herr Schneider hatte einen Wellensittich. Er ist gestorben

(Who – the budgerigar or Herr Schneider?).

• We use pronouns in the 3^rd person neuter (es) in impersonal forms.

Example: 🔊 Listen Es regnet. Es ist schon spät

• We can also es as a placeholder for an entire clause that comes later in the sentence.

Example: 🔊 Listen Es freut mich, dass du mich besuchst.

instead of: Dass du mich besuchst, freut mich.

• We use personal pronouns in the first person (ich, wir) to talk about ourselves in singualr (ich) or plural (wir).

Example: 🔊 Listen Ich habe Hunger. Mir ist kalt. 🔊 Listen Wir gehen ins Kino. Uns ist das egal.

• We use personal pronouns in the 2^nd person (du, ihr) or the polite form Sie (identical to the 3^rd personal plural, except that the pronoun is written with a capital letter) to address other people,.

Example: 🔊 Listen Wie heißt du? Wie geht es dir? 🔊 Listen Woher kommt ihr? Welche Musik gefällt euch? 🔊 Listen Können Sie das bitte wiederholen? Kann ich Ihnen helfen?

Finally, now you can use personal pronouns in German perfectly. In addition you can make a good sentence using the pronouns in German. As for more daily German lessons you can download our Learning German app.