ihr
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German [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (standard) IPA: /ʔiːɐ̯/
- (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA: /ɐ/
Etymology [edit]
From Middle High German ir, from Old High German ir, from West Germanic *jīz, variant of Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́. Cognate with Low German ji, jie, Dutch jij, gij, je, English ye, Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐍃 (jūs).
Pronoun [edit]
ihr pl
- (personal) you (pl.).
Inflection [edit]
| 2nd person plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ihr |
| genitive | euer |
| dative | euch |
| accusative | euch |
Usage notes [edit]
- This form is the plural of du; it is used when addressing a group of people with whom one is fairly intimate, such as family members, friends, and children. The more polite equivalent used when addressing strangers is Sie (which is both singular and plural).
- As with all personal pronouns, the genitive case is very rare. It is used only in archaic speech and in very high registers with verbs such as erinnern and gedenken that take a genitive object. The possessive determiner euer, on the other hand, which is put in front of the nouns it modifies and is inflected to agree with that noun, is perfectly common.
See also [edit]
German personal pronouns
Pronoun [edit]
ihr dative
Pronoun [edit]
ihr m, ihr n, ihre f, ihre pl
- (possessive) her.
- (possessive) its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine (die)).
- (possessive) their.
Inflection [edit]
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ihr | ihre | ihr | ihre |
| genitive | ihres | ihrer | ihres | ihrer |
| dative | ihrem | ihrer | ihrem | ihren |
| accusative | ihren | ihre | ihr | ihre |
Categories:
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from West Germanic languages
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German pronouns
- German personal pronouns
- German possessive pronouns
- German pronoun forms