er

A1 Pronoun frequency rank #19

What er means

Pronoun

he
Used in reference to a computer or other machine when personifying it; it
it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der))
she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der))

Forms

Pronoun · Nom. / Akk. / Dat.: er · ihn · ihm

Pronunciation

er in a sentence

Wenn er traurig ist, zieht er sich zurück.

When he is sad, he withdraws.

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er is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #19 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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