FormPossessivstamm + Endung wie ein: mein Vater, meine Mutter, mein Kind
Meaning and usage
A possessive word stands before a noun and shows who owns the thing: mein, dein, sein, ihr. The stem tells you the owner, and the ending tells you the thing owned. The endings are exactly the endings of ein.
Use mein before a masculine noun like Vater, meine before a feminine noun like Mutter, and mein before a neuter noun like Kind. The common mistake is to make the ending agree with the owner instead of the thing owned.
Examples 6
Hier ist der Schlüssel für meine Wohnung.
Here's the key to my apartment.
Ich suche für meine Mutter ein Geschenk.
I'm looking for a present for my mother.
Ich bin sehr stolz auf meine Tochter.
I'm very proud of my daughter.
Ich habe meine Tasche im Bus vergessen.
I left my bag on the bus.
Du hörst dich an wie deine Mutter.
You sound like your mother.
Das Mädchen sieht wie seine Mutter aus.
That girl looks like her mother.
Test yourself
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Wo ist Schlüssel?
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Correct answer: mein
Schlüssel is masculine, so the possessive word takes no ending, exactly like ein: ein Schlüssel, mein Schlüssel.
- meine belongs to a feminine or plural noun, as in meine Tasche.
- meinen is the form for a masculine noun in the accusative, as in Ich suche meinen Schlüssel.
- meiner belongs to a feminine noun in the dative, as in mit meiner Schwester.
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Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. See sources.