German grammar

Other pronouns.

der - this

dieser - this

jener - that

solcher - such

mancher - some

jeder - everyone

alle - everyone

welcher - which

wer - who

was - what

wessen - whose

was für ein - what

man - impersonal form, usually translated by "one"

jemand - someone

etwas - something

niemand - nobody

nichts - nothing

irgendwer - someone

irgendwas - something

irgendein - some


The inflection of the pronoun der: der in the sense of "this" declines like the definite article "der", except for Genitiv Singular and Dativ Plural.

MaskulinumFemininumNeutrumPlural
Nderdiedasdie
Gdessenderendessenderen/derer
Ddemderdemdenen
Adendiedasdie

Dieser, jener, solcher, mancher, jeder i welcher decline similarly. Declension of dieser.

MaskulinumFemininumNeutrumPlural
Ndieserdiesediesesdiese
Gdiesesdieserdiesesdieser
Ddiesemdieserdiesemdiesen
Adiesendiesediesesdiese

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