03-Pronoun

Personal Pronouns (Personalpronomen) 👤

Learn German personal pronouns (ich, du, er, sie, wir, ihr, Sie) across all four cases — Nominativ, Akkusativ, Dativ, and Genitiv — with tables, memory maps, and example sentences.

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Personal Pronouns 👤 :: Personalpronomen

Personal pronouns are used to replace nouns in a sentence.

Table of German personal pronouns by case

Person can be Singular or Plural

Person	Singular	Meaning	Plural	Meaning
1st	ich 👤	I मै	wir 👥	we / हम लोग
2nd	du 🫵	you(informal) / तु	ihr 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦	you all / तुम लोग
2nd formal	Sie 🎩	you (formal) / आप	Sie 🎩	you all (formal) / आप लोग
3rd	er / es / sie	he / it / she	sie 🧑‍🤝‍🧑	they / वे लोग

Not to be confused s/S

sie = they (plural er/es/sie)
Sie = you/ You all (formal)

Person

Person tells you who is doing the action.

There are 3 grammatical persons:

Person	Who?	German Pronouns	English
1st person	The speaker	ich / wir	I / we
2nd person	The person being spoken to	du / ihr	you
3rd person	The person or thing being spoken about	er / sie / es / sie	he / she / it / they

Personal Pronouns vs Cases

Case	👤 1st	🫵 2nd	🟦 3rd Masc.	🟨 3rd Neut.	🟥 3rd Fem.	👥 1st Pl.	👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 2nd Pl.	🧑‍🤝‍🧑 3rd Pl.	🎩 Formal
👤 Nom	`ich`	`du`	`er`	`es`	`sie`	`wir`	`ihr`	`sie`	`Sie`
🎯 Akk	`mich`	`dich`	`ihn`	`es`	`sie`	`uns`	`euch`	`sie`	`Sie`
🎁 Dat	`mir`	`dir`	`ihm`	`ihm`	`ihr`	`uns`	`euch`	`ihnen`	`Ihnen`
🧩 Gen	`meiner`	`deiner`	`seiner`	`seiner`	`ihrer`	`unser`	`euer`	`ihrer`	`Ihrer`

Same table in Row format

Emoji	Person	👤 Nominativ	🎯 Akkusativ	🎁 Dativ	📝 Genitiv	🇬🇧 English (Nom / Akk / Dat / Gen)
👤	Ist singular	`ich`	`mich`	`mir`	`meiner`	I / me / to me / of me
🫵	II nd singular	`du`	`dich`	`dir`	`deiner`	you / you / to you / of you
🟦️	III rd singular	`er`	`ihn`	`ihm`	`seiner`	he / him / to him / of him
🟨	III rd singular	`es`	`es`	`ihm`	`seiner`	it / it / to it / of it
🟥	III rd singular	`sie`	`sie`	`ihr`	`ihrer`	she / her / to her / of her
👥	Ist plural	`wir`	`uns`	`uns`	`unser`	we / us / to us / of us
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦	II nd plural	`ihr`	`euch`	`euch`	`euer`	you all / you all / to you all / of you all
🧑‍🤝‍🧑	III rd plural	`sie`	`sie`	`ihnen`	`ihrer`	they / them / to them / of them
🎩	II nd formal	`Sie`	`Sie`	`Ihnen`	`Ihrer`	you (formal) / you / to you / of you

Examples

👤 Nominative

Emoji	Pronoun	English	Example	Meaning
👤	`ich`	I	Ich gehe in den Park.	I go to the park.
👥	`wir`	we	Wir gehen ins Kino.	We go to the cinema.
🫵	`du`	you (informal)	Du bist müde.	You are tired.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦	`ihr`	you all (informal)	Ihr seid nett.	You all are nice.
🟦	`er`	he	Er spielt Fußball.	He plays soccer.
🟨	`es`	it	Es regnet.	It is raining.
🟥	`sie`	she	Sie liest ein Buch.	She reads a book.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑	`sie`	they	Sie sind freundlich.	They are friendly.
🎩	`Sie`	you (formal)	Sind Sie Herr Müller?

🎯 Accusative

Emoji	Pronoun	English	Example	Meaning
👤	`mich`	me	Er sieht mich.	He sees me.
🫵	`dich`	you (informal)	Ich liebe dich.	I love you.
🟦	`ihn`	him	Ich sehe ihn.	I see him.
🟥	`sie`	her	Ich kenne sie.	I know her.
🟨	`es`	it	Ich sehe es.	I see it.
👥	`uns`	us	Er sieht uns.	He sees us.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦	`euch`	you all (informal)	Ich sehe euch.	I see you all.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑	`sie`	them	Ich kenne sie.	I know them.
🎩	`Sie`	you (formal)	Ich sehe Sie.	I see you.

🎁 Dative

Emoji	Pronoun	English	Example	Meaning
👤	`mir`	me	Er gibt mir das Buch.	He gives me the book.
🫵	`dir`	you (informal)	Ich gebe dir das Geschenk.	I give you the gift.
🟦	`ihm`	him	Ich helfe ihm.	I help him.
🟥	`ihr`	her	Ich gebe ihr das Buch.	I give her the book.
🟨	`ihm`	it	Ich gebe ihm Wasser.	I give it water.
👥	`uns`	us	Sie gibt uns die Bücher.	She gives us the books.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦	`euch`	you all (informal)	Ich gebe euch Geschenke.	I give you all gifts.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑	`ihnen`	them	Ich gebe ihnen das Geld.	I give them the money.
🎩	`Ihnen`	you (formal)	Ich gebe Ihnen das Buch.	I give you the book.

🧩 Genitive

💡 Genitive personal pronouns are rare in modern German and are mainly found with certain verbs or in formal/literary language.

Emoji	Pronoun	English	Example	Meaning
👤	`meiner`	of me	Er gedachte meiner.	He remembered me.
🫵	`deiner`	of you	Sie bedarf deiner.	She needs you.
🟦	`seiner`	of him	Er erinnerte sich seiner.	He remembered him.
🟨	`seiner`	of it	Man gedachte seiner.	It was remembered.
🟥	`ihrer`	of her	Er gedachte ihrer.	He remembered her.
👥	`unser`	of us	Er nahm sich unser an.	He took care of us.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦	`euer`	of you all	Er gedachte euer.	He remembered you all.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑	`ihrer`	of them	Sie gedachte ihrer.	She remembered them.
🎩	`Ihrer`	of you (formal)	Er gedachte Ihrer.	He remembered you.

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