16.2 All possessive pronouns - an overview

Having presented all of the possessive pronouns separately, we now here present them all together. Here you can compare the endings of each declension (and see that within one gender the endings are just the same)
  gender of the possessed object
    masculine              
      mein- dein- sein- ihr- unser- eur- ihr-

Singular    Nominative    - - - - -* euer* -
Genitive -es -es -es -es -es -es -es
Dative -em -em -em -em -em -em -em
Accusative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en
 
Plural Nominative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
Genitive -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
Dative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
    feminine              
  mein- dein- sein- ihr- unser- eur- ihr-
  Singular    Nominative    -e -e -e -e -e* -e* -e
Genitive -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
Dative -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
 
  Plural Nominative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
Genitive -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
Dative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
    neutral              
      mein- dein- sein- ihr- unser- eur- ihr-
  Singular    Nominative    - - - - -* euer* -
Genitive -es -es -es -es -es -es -es
Dative -em -em -em -em -em -em -em
Accusative - - - - - euer -
 
  Plural Nominative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
Genitive -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
Dative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e

* unserer or unser
(if unser has an ending the 'e' can be omitted, both unsere and unsre is correct)
* euer => eurer; here happened the same, even though the "older" version is not used anymore
examples
  owner: 1st person singular
possessed object : feminine singular Genitive
 Die Türme meiner Stadt sind groß.
The towers of my town are big.
  owner: 2nd person singular
possessed object : masculine plural Dative		 Ich leihe eurem Nachbarn Geld.
I lend money to your neighbor.
  owner: 1st person plural
possessed object : neutral plural Accusative
 Ihr seht unsere Autos.
You see our cars.
  owner: 2nd person singular
possessed object : feminine singular Dative		 Wir schenken deiner Tochter ein Buch.
We give a book to your daughter.






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