Determiner / Verb
sein
his
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Meanings
Determiner
- his
- its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
- Used to express an approximate number, often with so
- one's
Verb
- forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain verbs
- As a copulative verb:
- to be
- Used to indicate dates, times of day, time periods, etc., be
In a sentence
Sein Zug fährt in zehn Minuten ab.
His train leaves in ten minutes.
Forms
Determiner
seinmasc., nom.seinefem., nom.seinesmasc., gen.seinerfem., gen.seinemmasc., dat.seinendat., pluralmeinmasc.meinefem.
Verb
infinitive
sein
he/she/it
ist
simple past
war
perfect
ist gewesen
takes nach + Dativ