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Pronouns

das Possessivpronomen

In English: possessive pronoun (mine, yours)

A possessive word that stands alone and replaces the noun: meiner, meine, meins. Unlike the possessive article, it always shows the gender with a full ending.

Example: Ist das dein Stift? Nein, das ist meiner.

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der Possessivartikel das Pronomen

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