Vokabahn

es

A1 Pronoun frequency rank #11

What es means

Pronoun

  1. it, they
  2. Refers to a neuter noun (person, animal, thing or abstract)
  3. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is neuter [das])
  4. she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a feminine person, is neuter [das])

Forms

Pronoun · Nom. / Akk. / Dat.: es · es · ihm

Pronunciation

es in a sentence

Warum zahlen, wenn man es umsonst haben kann?

Why pay when you can get it for free?

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es is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #11 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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