er
/ˈɛɾ/
"he" or "it" — third-person singular masculine personal pronoun
Definitions
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1
Refers to a male person already mentioned (he)
“Mein Bruder ist müde, denn er hat lange gearbeitet.”
My brother is tired, because he worked for a long time.
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2
Refers to a masculine-gender noun/object (it)
“Der Tisch ist alt, aber er sieht noch gut aus.”
The table is old, but it still looks good.
Word forms
- Gender
- masculine
- Usage
- Used only in the nominative case; other cases use different forms (ihn, ihm).
Standard, neutral register; used constantly in everyday speech and writing.