Polyglot Dictionary

es

/ɛs/

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

Meaning

  1. it

    Used both for grammatically neuter nouns ("das Kind" — the child — becomes es) and as the dummy subject of weather and impersonal verbs.

    • Es regnet.

      It's raining.

    • Wo ist das Buch? — Es liegt auf dem Tisch.

      Where's the book? — It's on the table.

Practice

1 What does es mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ regnet.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches es?

See also

pronouncore-vocabularygrammar

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