Possessivpronomen

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German

Etymology

From possessiv +‎ Pronomen.

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  • Hyphenation: Pos‧ses‧siv‧pro‧no‧men

Noun

Possessivpronomen n (strong, genitive Possessivpronomens, plural Possessivpronomen or Possessivpronomina)

  1. possessive pronoun
    Synonym: besitzanzeigendes Fürwort
    • 2011, Nadine Eichler, Code-Switching bei bilingual aufwachsenden Kindern: Eine Analyse der gemischtsprachlichen Nominalphrasen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Genus, Narr Verlag, page 157 & 163:
      Das Spanische unterscheidet adjektivische und substantivische Possessivpronomina. [...] Im Deutschen werden ebenfalls zwei Typen von Possessivpronomina unterschieden: adjektivisch gebrauchte und substantivisch gebrauchte Possessivpronomina.
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