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Pronomen
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pronomen
German
Etymology
de :bor la:prōnōmen
de la prōnōmen.
Pronunciation
de /pʁoˈnoːmən/
de De-Pronomen.ogg
de De-Pronomen2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Pro no men
Noun
n,,-:Pronomina
de grammar pronoun (sensu lato); pronoun (sensu stricto), or pronominal adjective or determiner
de Fürwort Personenwort ; Anstattwort<q:very rare> ; Pronom<q:rare>
Usage notes
The English word pronoun is sometimes used with a different meaning than Pronomen. In the strict sense of the word pronoun, "ours" is a possessive pronoun, but "our" is a possessive adjective or determiner. In German, however, both kinds of words are called Pronomen. The grammatical difference can be expressed e.g. by calling "ours" a substantivisches Pronomen (substantival pronoun) and "our" an adjektivisches Pronomen (adjectival pronoun).
Declension
n,,-:Pronomina
Hyponyms
de Demonstrativpronomen (Demonstrativum, Demonstrativ), de Indefinitpronomen (Indefinitum), de Interrogativpronomen (Interrogativum, Interrogativ), de Personalpronomen (Personale), de Possessivpronomen (possessives Pronomen, Possessivum, Possessiv), de Reflexivpronomen (Reflexivum, Reflexiv), de Relativpronomen (Relativum, Relativ), de Reziprokpronomen (reziprokes Pronomen, Reziprokum)
de Substantivpronomen (substantivisches Pronomen), de Adjektivpronomen (adjektivisches Pronomen), de Adverbialpronomen
Related terms
de pro
de Nomen
Noun
de noun form
de Pronom
Further reading
de
de Parts of speech
Plautdietsch
Noun
pdt noun n plural Pronomes
pronoun