iuwar

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, whence also Old Saxon iuwar, Old English ēower. Further cognate with Old Norse yðvarr, Gothic 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂 (izwar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiu̯war/

Pronoun

iuwar

1. your (plural form)

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Old High German personal pronouns

			nominative	genitive	dative	accusative
singular	first person		ih (ihha, ihcha)	mīn	mir	mih
	second person		dū	dīn	dir	dih
	third person	m	er (her)	(sīn)	imu, imo	inan, in
		f	siu; sī, si	ira (iru, iro)	iru, iro	sia
		n	iz	es, is	imu, imo	iz
plural	first person		wir	unsēr	uns	unsih
	second person1		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih
	third person	n	sie	iro	im, in	sie
		f	sio	sio
		n	siu	siu

¹ Also polite singular form

Descendants

• Middle High German: iuwer, iur, (Central German also) ūwer, ūr
  • Alemannic German: öie
  • Cimbrian: ôar
  • Central Franconian: ühr, ähr, eier, auer
    • Luxembourgish: är
  • German: euer
  • Yiddish: אײַער (ayer)

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• giuwar
• euwar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, whence also Old English ēower, Old High German iuwar. Further cognate with Old Norse yðvarr, Gothic 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂 (izwar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuwɑr/

Pronoun

iuwar

1. yours (possessive form of iuwa)

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is
dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka
plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

Descendants

• Middle Low German: juwe