ihr
Meaning in English: you (plural); her; to her
Add ihr and its 6 forms to your reviews. Progress stays in this browser.
Test my vocabularyExample
Habt ihr schon gegessen?
Have you already eaten?
Forms of ihr in the top 5,000
These forms of ihr are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Sie hat ihre Tasche im Zug vergessen.
She forgot her bag on the train.
Sie wohnt noch bei ihrer Mutter.
She still lives with her mother.
Sie besucht morgen ihren Opa.
She is visiting her grandpa tomorrow.
Sie fährt mit ihrem Bruder in den Urlaub.
She's going on holiday with her brother.
Das ist das Auto ihres Vaters.
That's her father's car.
Ich freue mich, euch zu sehen!
I'm so happy to see you!
How common is ihr?
ihr is number 72 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 1,228 times per million words — about once every 810 words. Its most frequent form is ihre (#61).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 41% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
In these word lists
- The 100 most common German words#72
- The 500 most common German words#72
- The 1,000 most common German words#72
- The 5,000 most common German words#72
- German A1 vocabulary#66
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.