Ihren

Ihren is a declined form of the German possessive determiner and possessive pronoun ihr, used to indicate possession by third-person feminine (her) or third-person plural (their). It does not stand alone as a separate word but changes form to match the gender, number, and case of the noun it accompanies. The form shown here is the masculine accusative singular and the plural dative form.

In accusative masculine singular, the possessive determiner takes the ending -en, as in: Ich sehe ihren Hund. Here the noun Hund is masculine singular, and the possessive refers to she or they.

In dative plural, ihrenn takes the ending -en before a plural noun: Ich schenke ihren Kindern das Buch. The noun Kindern is plural and in the dative case, so the possessive reflects that form.

ihren also appears in other related contexts as part of the full system of German possessive forms. The corresponding forms for other cases and numbers include ihre (nominative/accusative feminine singular and all plural), ihrem (dative masculine/neuter singular), seines (genitive masculine/neuter), and related endings for each person and number. The capitalized form Ihren is used when the possessive corresponds to the polite, formal second-person pronoun Ihr (your). For example: Ich habe Ihren Bericht gelesen.

Summary: Ihren is the form of ihr used for specific case/gender combinations (accusative masculine singular and dative plural) and can also appear as part of the formal possessive Ihr in uppercase when referring to the polite form of “your.”