Indefinite pronouns - Chart
Indefinitpronomen
| Nominativo | Acusativo | Dativo | Genitivo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculino | jemand | jemanden | jemandem | – |
| niemand | niemanden | niemandem | – | |
| man | einen | einem | – | |
| jeder | jeden | jedem | – | |
| Femenino | jede | jede | jeder | – |
| Neutro | alles | alles | allem | – |
| beides | beides | beidem | – | |
| einiges | einiges | einigem | – | |
| manches | manches | manchem | – | |
| Plural | alle | alle | allen | aller |
| beide | beide | beiden | beider | |
| einige | einige | einigen | einiger | |
| manche | manche | manchen | mancher |
- It refers to people.
- Jemand: someone/somebody/anyone/anybody.
- Niemand: no one/nobody.
- Jeder (masc.) / Jede (fem.): everyone/everybody/anyone/anybody.
- Alle: everyone (more general than jeder/jede). Alle takes a verb in the plural.
- It refers to concepts and things:
- Etwas: something.
- Nichts: nothing.
- Alles: everything.
Beide and beides mean two or both.
- Use beide with a verb in the plural when talking about two specific people or things.
- Use beides with a verb un the singular when talking about uncontable nouns or more abstract or general categories.
Einige and manche mean some.
- Use einige / manche with a verb in the plural for people and things.
- Use einiges / manches with a verb in the singular when talking about parts of a whole.
Man: you/one/they/someone. It is often used in place of the passive voice.
They are not declined: etwas(something) and nichts (nothing).
We add emphasis to etwas and jemand with the prefix irgend-: irgendjemand/irgendwer, irgendetwas/irgendwas.
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