dein
German, determiner
dein is spelled D-E-I-N (4 letters) and appears 288 times per million words in written German, the 320th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dein is a German masculine determiner meaning “thy, your (esp. to friends, relatives, children, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative neuter singular of dein. With a capital, Dein is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of dein (“your (singular)”)”.
What does dein mean in English?
determiner
- 1
masculinethy, your (esp. to friends, relatives, children, etc.).
determiner
- 1
neuternominative/accusative neuter singular of dein
pronoun
- 1
masculinealternative letter-case form of dein (“your (singular)”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Form des Possessivpronomens „dein, deine, dein“: Zeigt den Besitz, das Eigentum oder die Zugehörigkeit einer Person bzw. Sache zu einer dem Sprecher direkt gegenüberstehenden Person, Sache an
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dein
- deine feminine
- deines genitive masculine singular
- deiner feminine genitive singular
- deinem dative masculine singular
- deinen dative plural
- Dein alternative determiner
- Deine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dein in German?
dein appears 288 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).