ihr

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Bavarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old High German ira.

Determiner

ihr

  1. (possessive) her
Declension
Declension of ihr
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative ihr ihr ihr ihre
dative ihrm ihrer ihrm ihrare
accusative ihrn ihr ihr ihrane
Derived terms

See also

Bavarian possessive pronouns
attributive (nominative case) independent
singular plural
1st person singular mei meine meins
2nd person singular
(informal) 		dei deine deins
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Eahna Eahnare Eahnas
3rd person singular m, n sei seine seins
f ihr ihre ihrs
1st person plural unsa unsare unsas
2nd person plural eia eire eias
3rd person plural eahna eahnare eahnas

Etymology 2

From Old High German iru, iro.

Pronoun

ihr

  1. dative of sie

German

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ir, from Old High German ir, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz. Cognate with Low German ji, jie, Yiddish איר (ir), Dutch jij, gij, je, Middle Dutch ir, English ye, Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐍃 (jūs).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /iːɐ̯/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːɐ̯
  • (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA(key): /ɐ/

Pronoun

ihr pl

  1. you, ye (plural, familiar)
Usage notes
  • This form is the plural of du, which is used chiefly towards people with whom one is privately acquainted (see there). One uses ihr towards a group of people if one would address every individual in that group with du. However, the plural ihr is somewhat less familiar than the singular du, meaning that it can sometimes be used in semi-formal situations where du towards an individual would not be appropriate. Learners should still, in any case of doubt, use Sie in order to be on the safe side.
  • The form Ihr (capitalized in writing) was formerly the polite second-person form for both singular and plural (compare French vous and Early Modern English you) and was used instead of contemporary Sie. Such usage still survives dialectally in some areas, and is encountered in historical contexts (e.g. fiction taking place in the distant past), but is otherwise rarely heard in standard German.
  • The genitive pronouns are very rare. They are used only in literary and formal style as a genitive object for certain adjectives, prepositions, or verbs which govern the genitive, such as entbehren and gedenken.
  • In the late 18th century and in the first half of the 19th century, the genitive was also eurer instead of euer, e.g. ich erinnere mich eurer instead of ich erinnere mich euer.
Declension
German personal pronouns
singular plural singular and plural
1st person 2nd person
familiar1 		3rd person 1st person 2nd person
familiar1 		3rd person 2nd person
polite/formal
m f n
nominative ich du
-e2 		er sie
-se2 		es wir ihr sie
-se2 		Sie
Ihr3
genitive meiner
mein3 		deiner
dein3 		seiner
sein3 		ihrer seiner
sein3 		unser euer ihrer Ihrer
Euer3
dative mir dir ihm ihr ihm uns euch ihnen Ihnen
Euch3
accusative mich dich ihn sie
-se2 		es uns euch sie
-se2 		Sie
Euch3

1These forms are sometimes capitalized, especially in letters.    2enclitic, colloquial    3archaic

In older language the genitive is also written ewer and the accusative and dative sometimes ewch.

Etymology 2

From Old High German iru, iro.

Pronoun

ihr

  1. dative of sie
    Hast du ihr das Buch gegeben?
    Did you give her the book?

Etymology 3

From Old High German ira.

Determiner

ihr

  1. her (possessive)
    Laura hat mir ihr neues Auto gezeigt.
    Laura showed me her new car.
    Die Katze spielt oft mit ihren Spielsachen.
    The cat often plays with her toys.
  2. its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine)
    die Sonne und ihre Wärme
    the sun and its warmth
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

Etymology 4

From Old High German iro.

Determiner

ihr

  1. their
    Die Kinder spielen mit ihrem Hund.
    The kids are playing with their dog.
    die Wolken und ihre Schönheit
    the clouds and their beauty
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

References

  1. ^ Karl Ferdinand Becker: Schulgrammatik der deutschen Sprache. Vierte neubearbeitete Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, 1839, p. 143.
  2. ^ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Götz von Berlichingen: „Götz. Ich erinnere mich eurer nicht.“
  3. ^ Shakspeare, translated by Aug. Wilh. v. Schlegel and Ludwig Tieck, in Maaß für Maaß: „Herzog. Ich erinnere mich eurer, Herr, an dem Ton eurer Stimme“
  4. ^ Konrad Duden: Vollständiges Orthographisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. Sechste, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig and Wien, 1900, p. 102: „euer (Genitiv von ihr); euer (nicht: eurer) sind drei; ich erinnere mich euer (nicht: eurer)“
  5. ^ Wahrig: Die deutsche Rechtschreibung. Band 1: A–K. Bertelsmann Lexikon Institut, 2007, p. 529: „ich gedenke euer, ich erinnere mich euer (falsch: eurer)“

Further reading

Mokilese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ihr

  1. first person inclusive remote plural; all of them

Usage notes

Like other remote plural pronouns, ihr is rare. It is used to refer to a large group of people who are not present.

See also

Mokilese personal pronouns
singular first person ngoah, ngoahi
second person koah, koawoa
third person ih
dual first person inclusive kisa
first person exclusive kama
second person kamwa
third person ara, ira
plural first person inclusive kisai
first person exclusive kamai
second person kamwai
third person arai, irai
remote plural first person inclusive kihs
first person exclusive kimi
second person kimwi
third person ihr
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