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Reflexive Pronouns - German for English SpeakersGerman for English Speakers
Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, etc) are more common in German than in English, because there are many more verbs that require them. (Reflexive verbs will be covered in Section V.12.) By default, a reflexive pronoun is the direct or indirect object of a verb, so it can only take the accusative or dative case. As you can see, there's a great deal of overlap between the reflexive pronouns and the personal pronouns:
Singular
Plural
Formal
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
2nd
ACC
mich
dich
sich
uns
euch
sich
sich
DAT
mir
dir
English
myself
yourself
him-/her-/
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
[yourself/
yourselves]
By the way, those plural forms can also be used to mean “each other” or “one another.” For example, “wir sehen uns” doesn’t mean that we'll see ourselves, it means we’ll see each other – or translating more idiomatically, “see you later.”