meiner
Translation
mine, my, of me
Examples
Wessen Stift ist das? Das ist meiner.
Whose pen is this? That is mine.
Das ist das Haus meiner Eltern.
That is my parents' house.
Ich helfe meiner Schwester bei den Hausaufgaben.
I am helping my sister with her homework.
Grammar Patterns
meiner (possessive pronoun, masculine, nominative) mine Your coat is black, mine is blue.
meiner (possessive determiner, feminine, dative) my I'm helping my mother in the garden.
meiner (possessive determiner, plural, genitive) my That is the decision of my parents.
Similar Words
deiner (yours), seiner (his), ihrer (hers/theirs), unserer (ours), eurer (yours pl.)
Etymology
An inflected form of the possessive pronoun 'mein' (my), derived from the personal pronoun 'ich' (I).
Memory Tips
'Meiner' is used for 'mine' when referring to a masculine nominative noun (der Stift -> meiner), or as 'my' in genitive/dative cases.