Formeuer + Nomen (ohne Endung) → eur- + Endung (eure, euren, eurer …)
Meaning and usage
unser and euer are ein-words: they take the same endings as ein and kein. The special thing about euer is that it loses its second e as soon as an ending follows: euer Haus, but eure Mutter, euren Vater, eurer Mutter. The endingless form euer appears before neuter nouns in the nominative and accusative and before masculine nouns in the nominative, so both euer Haus and euer Vater are correct.
unser usually keeps both e's: unsere Mutter, unseren Vater, unser Kind. A common mistake is leaving the ending off, for example euer Mutter instead of eure Mutter, or unser Mutter instead of unsere Mutter.
Examples 6
Bitte lasst mich eure Schwester am Bahnhof abholen.
Please let me pick up your sister at the station.
Esst ihr oft mit eurer Familie zu Abend?
Do you often eat dinner with your family?
Ohne eure Hilfe hätten wir das nicht geschafft.
We couldn't have done this without your help.
In unserem Bad gibt es nur ein Handtuch.
There's only one bath towel in our bathroom.
Wie bekommen wir mehr Kunden in unseren Laden?
How can we get more customers into our store?
Es gibt an unserer Schule viele gute Lehrer.
There are a lot of good teachers at our school.
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Wo ist Bruder? Er war vorhin noch hier.
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Correct answer: euer
Bruder is masculine and the subject of the question, so the nominative endingless form euer is used.
- Eurer is the dative or genitive form and does not fit the nominative here.
- Eure would fit a feminine noun like Schwester, not Bruder.
- Euren is the accusative form, but the verb ist takes a nominative subject.
In this topic: der-words and ein-words
- dieser, diese, dieses this, these: dieser takes the endings of der
- jeder, jede, jedes every, each: jeder, jede, jedes
- alle Kinder, mit allen Kindern all: alle follows the der-word pattern
- so ein, solche such a, such, people or things like that
- mit meinem Bruder, mit einer Freundin ein-words in the dative: meinem, einer
- unser, euer → eure euer drops its second e when an ending is added
- Ich habe einen. Ich habe keins. saying one or none without repeating the noun
- Das ist meins. saying mine, yours, his with no noun
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. See sources.