Ihr

See also: ihr

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiːɐ̯/

Pronoun

Ihr

  1. yours (that which belongs to you (when formally or politely addressing one or more people))
  2. (archaic) you (polite; both singular and plural)

Usage notes

In modern German, Sie (always capitalised) is used instead for politeness, while ihr is considered informal second-person plural only.

Inflection

1Often capitalized, especially in letters

Determiner

Ihr

  1. your (that belongs to you (when formally or politely addressing one or more people))
    Wo ist Ihr Wagen, Frau Wagner?
    Where is your car, Mrs. Wagner?

Declension

Declension of Ihr
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative Ihr Ihre Ihr Ihre
genitive Ihres Ihrer Ihres Ihrer
dative Ihrem Ihrer Ihrem Ihren
accusative Ihren Ihre Ihr Ihre

Nominatives of the possessive pronouns:

masculine feminine neuter plural
First-person singular mein meine mein meine
Second-person singular dein deine dein deine
Dein Deine Dein Deine
Third-person singular sein seine sein seine
ihr ihre ihr ihre
First-person plural unser uns(e)re unser uns(e)re
Second-person plural euer eure euer eure
Third-person plural ihr ihre ihr ihre
Second-person formal Ihr Ihre Ihr Ihre

See also

  • dein (your) (addressing informally friends, relatives etc.)
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