{"id":7665,"date":"2016-09-21T08:56:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T08:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=7665"},"modified":"2017-12-08T13:59:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T13:59:27","slug":"german-indefinite-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-indefinite-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"German Indefinite Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Tag, liebe Leser! Recently, as part of my back to basics post<\/a>, I linked to a post<\/a> from the archives that deals with German possessive pronouns \u2013 that is, how to say things like \u2018her book\u2019 , \u2018his hat\u2019, \u2018our cat\u2019, and so on. Now I\u2019d like to go over German indefinite pronouns.<\/p>\n

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What are German indefinite pronouns?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

These are pronouns that do not indicate the gender or number of things\/people discussed. To put it simply, they are those vague words like \u2018somebody\u2019, \u2018everybody\u2019, \u2018a few\u2019, and \u2018some\u2019. Why are these important to learn? Because sometimes we aren’t able to be – or don’t want to be – too specific!
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So how do we say these indefinite pronouns in German?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Everybody \u2013 Alle\/Jeder<\/p>\n

All of us – Allesamt<\/p>\n

Somebody \u2013 Jemand\/Irgendwer<\/p>\n

Nobody \u2013 Niemand\/Keiner<\/p>\n

Anybody \u2013 Jedermann\/Irgendjemand<\/p>\n

Something \u2013 (Irgend)Etwas<\/p>\n

Somewhere \u2013 Irgendwo<\/p>\n

Nowhere – Nirgends\/Nirgendwo<\/p>\n

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Both – Beide<\/p>\n

Some\/a few – Einige<\/p>\n

A lot\/many – Viel(e)<\/p>\n

Those two\/three\/four \u2013 Diese zwei\/drei\/vier<\/p>\n

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Any \u2013 Irgendwelche(s)<\/p>\n

A bit \u2013 Ein bisschen<\/p>\n

A little \u2013 Ein wenig<\/p>\n

One\/You (eg. \u2018One can do this\u2019) – Man<\/p>\n

Several – Mehrere<\/p>\n

Such\/of the like – Solche<\/p>\n

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Take a look at some of the above words in action:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Niemand <\/strong>will heute Abend mitgehen ———– Nobody<\/strong> wants to go this evening.<\/p>\n

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Einige<\/strong> von uns gehen ins Kino ——- A few<\/strong> of us are going to the cinema.<\/p>\n

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Beide<\/strong> sehen gut aus ———- Both <\/strong>look good.<\/p>\n

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Mehrere<\/strong> von uns wollen mitgehen ———– Several <\/strong>of us want to go.<\/p>\n

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Alle <\/strong>hier sind verr\u00fcckt ————– Everyone<\/strong> here is crazy.<\/p>\n

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Irgendetwas<\/strong> stimmt nicht ———— Something <\/strong>is not right.<\/p>\n

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Jemand <\/strong>muss mir helfen ———— Someone <\/strong>needs to help me.<\/p>\n

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Solche<\/strong> Sachen sind hier verboten ———- Such<\/strong> things are forbidden here.<\/p>\n

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Man<\/strong> muss das Fenster aufmachen \u00a0———- One\/you<\/strong> must open the window.<\/p>\n

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Sie ist heute ein bisschen<\/strong> langsam ———— She\u2019s a bit<\/strong> slow today.<\/p>\n

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Ein wenig<\/strong> Butter und dann stimmt\u2019s ———– A little<\/strong> butter and then it\u2018s perfect.<\/p>\n

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Ich gehe nirgendwo<\/strong> hin ———- I\u2019m going nowhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ich brauche irgendwelche <\/strong>Gedichte f\u00fcr meine Hausaufgaben ——– I need any\/some sort of<\/strong> poems for my homework.<\/p>\n

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Es steckt irgendwo<\/strong> im Schrank ———— It\u2019s somewhere <\/strong>in the wardrobe.<\/p>\n

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I hope this post has been helpful. Any questions, let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n

Constanze<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Guten Tag, liebe Leser! Recently, as part of my back to basics post, I linked to a post from the archives that deals with German possessive pronouns \u2013 that is, how to say things like \u2018her book\u2019 , \u2018his hat\u2019, \u2018our cat\u2019, and so on. Now I\u2019d like to go over German indefinite pronouns…<\/p>\n

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