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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

PersonSingularMeaningPluralMeaning
1stich 👤I मैwir 👥we / हम लोग
2nddu 🫵you(informal) / तुihr 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦you all / तुम लोग
2nd formalSie 🎩you (formal) / आपSie 🎩you all (formal) / आप लोग
3rder / es / siehe / it / shesie 🧑‍🤝‍🧑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:

PersonWho?German PronounsEnglish
1st personThe speakerich / wirI / we
2nd personThe person being spoken todu / ihryou
3rd personThe person or thing being spoken abouter / sie / es / siehe / she / it / they

Personal Pronouns vs Cases

Case👤 1st🫵 2nd🟦 3rd Masc.🟨 3rd Neut.🟥 3rd Fem.👥 1st Pl.👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 2nd Pl.🧑‍🤝‍🧑 3rd Pl.🎩 Formal
👤 NomichdueressiewirihrsieSie
🎯 AkkmichdichihnessieunseuchsieSie
🎁 DatmirdirihmihmihrunseuchihnenIhnen
🧩 GenmeinerdeinerseinerseinerihrerunsereuerihrerIhrer

Same table in Row format

EmojiPerson👤 Nominativ🎯 Akkusativ🎁 Dativ📝 Genitiv🇬🇧 English (Nom / Akk / Dat / Gen)
👤Ist singularichmichmirmeinerI / me / to me / of me
🫵II nd singulardudichdirdeineryou / you / to you / of you
🟦️III rd singularerihnihmseinerhe / him / to him / of him
🟨III rd singularesesihmseinerit / it / to it / of it
🟥III rd singularsiesieihrihrershe / her / to her / of her
👥Ist pluralwirunsunsunserwe / us / to us / of us
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦II nd pluralihreucheucheueryou all / you all / to you all / of you all
🧑‍🤝‍🧑III rd pluralsiesieihnenihrerthey / them / to them / of them
🎩II nd formalSieSieIhnenIhreryou (formal) / you / to you / of you

Examples

👤 Nominative

EmojiPronounEnglishExampleMeaning
👤ichIIch gehe in den Park.I go to the park.
👥wirweWir gehen ins Kino.We go to the cinema.
🫵duyou (informal)Du bist müde.You are tired.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦ihryou all (informal)Ihr seid nett.You all are nice.
🟦erheEr spielt Fußball.He plays soccer.
🟨esitEs regnet.It is raining.
🟥siesheSie liest ein Buch.She reads a book.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑sietheySie sind freundlich.They are friendly.
🎩Sieyou (formal)Sind Sie Herr Müller?

🎯 Accusative

EmojiPronounEnglishExampleMeaning
👤michmeEr sieht mich.He sees me.
🫵dichyou (informal)Ich liebe dich.I love you.
🟦ihnhimIch sehe ihn.I see him.
🟥sieherIch kenne sie.I know her.
🟨esitIch sehe es.I see it.
👥unsusEr sieht uns.He sees us.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦euchyou all (informal)Ich sehe euch.I see you all.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑siethemIch kenne sie.I know them.
🎩Sieyou (formal)Ich sehe Sie.I see you.

🎁 Dative

EmojiPronounEnglishExampleMeaning
👤mirmeEr gibt mir das Buch.He gives me the book.
🫵diryou (informal)Ich gebe dir das Geschenk.I give you the gift.
🟦ihmhimIch helfe ihm.I help him.
🟥ihrherIch gebe ihr das Buch.I give her the book.
🟨ihmitIch gebe ihm Wasser.I give it water.
👥unsusSie gibt uns die Bücher.She gives us the books.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦euchyou all (informal)Ich gebe euch Geschenke.I give you all gifts.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑ihnenthemIch gebe ihnen das Geld.I give them the money.
🎩Ihnenyou (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.

EmojiPronounEnglishExampleMeaning
👤meinerof meEr gedachte meiner.He remembered me.
🫵deinerof youSie bedarf deiner.She needs you.
🟦seinerof himEr erinnerte sich seiner.He remembered him.
🟨seinerof itMan gedachte seiner.It was remembered.
🟥ihrerof herEr gedachte ihrer.He remembered her.
👥unserof usEr nahm sich unser an.He took care of us.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦euerof you allEr gedachte euer.He remembered you all.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑ihrerof themSie gedachte ihrer.She remembered them.
🎩Ihrerof you (formal)Er gedachte Ihrer.He remembered you.

**Related: ** Pronouns Overview · Reflexive Pronouns · Possessive Pronouns · Cases · Grammar Roadmap

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