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Pronoun 'du' (you, informal, nominative)

Pronomen 'du' (Nominativ)

'du' (you) is the informal second-person .

Structure

du + Verb (2. Person Singular, informell)

du + verb (2nd person singular, informal)

Details

Part of Speech
Pronoun
Word Type
Personal pronoun
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Informal

Explanation

du means "you" - the informal, second-person singular . Use it for one person you know well: a friend, a family member, a child, or a fellow student.

After du, regular verbs take the ending -st:

  • Du bist sehr nett. - You are very nice.
  • Du wohnst in Köln. - You live in Cologne.
  • Du spielst gut Fußball. - You play football well.

If the stem ends in -t or -d, an extra e is added for pronunciation: du arbeitest (you work), du findest (you find).

Common mistakes:

  • du is informal. With strangers, officials, or in business, use the polite Sie instead: Woher kommen Sie? not Woher kommst du?
  • For several people you address informally, switch to ihr, not du: Ihr seid laut. (You all are loud.)
  • Don't confuse du () with dich (you, ) or dir (to you, ).

About Pronoun 'du' (you, informal, nominative)

'du' (you) is the informal second-person .

Informal 'you'; the ends in -st (du wohnst, du machst).

'du' ist das informelle Subjektpronomen der 2. Person .

Caution

Use 'du' for one person you know well. The verb takes -st: du kommst, du spielst.

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