A1 · Accusative and dative · about 14 min

Personal pronouns in the accusative

Personalpronomen im Akkusativ

When a person or thing is the object, use the Akkusativ pronoun: Kennst du ihn?

Nominative vs. accusative personal pronouns

PersonNominativ (subject: who is acting?)Akkusativ (direct object: whom or what?)English equivalent (subject → object)
1st singularichmichI → me
2nd singular (informal)dudichyou → you
3rd singular (masculine)erihnhe → him / it (masc.)
3rd singular (feminine)siesieshe → her / it (fem.)
3rd singular (neuter)esesit → it (neut.)
1st pluralwirunswe → us

The main points

  • Use Akkusativ pronouns for the object: whom or what?
  • Changes: ich → mich, du → dich, wir → uns, ihr → euch.
  • er → ihn, like der → den. sie, es, Sie stay the same.
  • Things: der → ihn, die → sie, das → es.
  • The pronoun comes early: before time words and before nicht.