All nouns can be replaced by pronouns. Personal pronouns stand in place of people, living beings, things or contexts.
| Harry | lernt Deutsch. |
| Er | lernt Deutsch. |
| Harry und Julia | nehmen ein Hotel. |
| Sie | nehmen ein Hotel. |
There are three personal pronouns for the singular and three for the plural.
| Singular | 1st person | ich | ||
| 2nd person | du | |||
| 3rd person | er/sie/es | |||
| Plural | 1st person | wir | ||
| 2nd person | ihr | |||
| 3rd person | sie |
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The polite form of address To address strangers and other people in the polite form in German, you use "Sie" instead of "du". "Sie" takes the same verb form as the 3rd person plural ("sie" – they). But note that unlike the personal pronoun "sie" used for both the 3rd person singular and the 3rd person plural, the polite form of address "Sie" is always capitalized. For example: "Was möchten Sie?" |