Unseres

Unseres is a form of the German possessive determiner unser, meaning “our.” It is used to express possession in genitive constructions and appears before a noun in its genitive case. For example, das Auto unseres Bruders translates to “our brother’s car,” and die Farbe unseres Hauses means “the color of our house.” In everyday speech, such phrases are common when specifying ownership in relation to another noun.

Declension and usage

Unser closes with different endings depending on gender, number, and case, as with other possessive determiners. In the genitive singular, masculine and neuter nouns take unseres, while feminine nouns take unserer. The genitive plural also uses unserer. For reference, the genitive forms across genders are typically described as: masculine/neuter singular: unseres, feminine singular: unserer, plural: unserer. In non-genitive cases, the forms align with standard possessive determiner patterns (Nominative: unser, unsere, unser, unsere; Accusative: unseren, unsere, unser, unsere; Dative: unserem, unserer, unserem, unseren).

Notes

Unseres tends to be written in lower case, as it is a grammatical form rather than a proper noun. It appears primarily in written or careful speech, especially in formal contexts or when the possessive relation is emphasized through a genitive construction. Its use can be more formal or literary than the more everyday alternative of using a possessive pronoun with a prepositional phrase, such as “das Auto von uns.” See also: possessive determiners in German, genitive case, unser.