er

/eːɐ̯/

pronoun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Pron Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

accusative
ihn
dative
ihm

Meaning

  1. he; it

    Also used for "it" when the noun replaced is grammatically masculine — "der Tisch" (the table) is replaced by er, not es, however inanimate it is.

    • Er kommt morgen.

      He's coming tomorrow.

Practice

1 What does er mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ kommt morgen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches er?

See also

pronouncore-vocabularygrammar

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