ihr
German, determiner
ihr is spelled I-H-R (3 letters) and appears 1,660 times per million words in written German, the 74th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ihr is a German determiner meaning “her (possessive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a dative of sie. With a capital, Ihr is a different word: “your (that belongs to you (when formally or politely addressing one…”.
What does ihr mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
you, ye (plural, familiar)
determiner
- 1
her (possessive)
Laura hat mir ihr neues Auto gezeigt.
- 2
its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine)
die Sonne und ihre Wärme
determiner
- 1
their
Die Kinder spielen mit ihrem Hund.
pronoun
- 1
dative of sie
Hast du ihr das Buch gegeben?
pronoun
- 1
archaicyou (polite/formal; both singular and plural)
determiner
- 1
your (that belongs to you (when formally or politely addressing one or more people))
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. 2. Person Plural
pronoun: 1. zu der genannten, grammatisch weiblichen Person oder Sache gehörig, dieser Person/Sache gehörend, eigen, zugeordnet, für sie charakteristisch, von dieser Person/Sache verantwortet, geschaffen, sie betreffend 2. zu den genannten, grammatisch weiblichen Personen oder Sachen gehörig, diesen Personen/Sachen gehörend, eigen, zugeordnet, für sie charakteristisch, von diesen Personen/Sachen verantwortet, geschaffen, sie betreffend
pronoun: 1. besitzanzeigendes Fürwort zu Sie
pronoun: 1. veraltete höfliche Anrede (Höflichkeitsform)
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 ihr
- ich first-person nominative personal
- du error-unrecognized-form nominative personal
- er masculine nominative personal
- sie feminine nominative personal
- es neuter nominative personal
- wir first-person nominative personal
- Sie error-unrecognized-form nominative personal
- Ihr error-unrecognized-form nominative personal
- meiner first-person genitive personal
- mein first-person genitive personal
- deiner error-unrecognized-form genitive personal
- dein error-unrecognized-form genitive personal
- seiner genitive masculine personal
- sein genitive masculine personal
- ihrer feminine genitive personal
- unser first-person genitive personal
- euer error-unrecognized-form genitive personal
- Ihrer error-unrecognized-form genitive personal
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ihr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ihr in German?
ihr appears 1,660 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).