German/Pronouns

This lesson will cover basic German pronouns in what are called the subject (nominative), direct object (accusative), and and indirect object (dative) cases. The dative case will come later and is only posted here for reference.

The Nominative Pronouns

German	English
ich	I
du	you (informal)
er/sie/es	he, she, it
wir	we
ihr	you (plural & informal)
Sie/sie	You (formal or formal plural), they

Pronouns in German are similar to pronouns in English. Two notable differences are "ihr", which is basically the English equivalent to "ya'll" or "you guys" and Sie (capitalized), which is used in formal circumstances. ("Sie" is also plural, so one would use it when speaking to one stranger or several.)

The Accusative Pronouns

Note: for non-German speakers, the differences between accusative and nominative cases can be confusing. It is helping to think of them as the "direct object case" and the "subject case".

German	English
mich	me
dich	you (informal)
ihn/sie/es	him, her, it
uns	us
euch	you (plural & informal)
Sie/sie	You (formal or formal plural), they

The Dative Pronouns

German	English
mir	to me
dir	to you (informal)
ihm/ihr/ihm	to him, to her, to it
uns	to us
euch	to you (plural & informal)
Ihnen/ihnen	to You (formal or formal plural), they