He - Er (The 15th Most Common German Word)

The German word for He is Er. This word often comes up when talking about ownership. It can be used as pronoun. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 15th most commonly used word in German. You can listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: he

German: er

Examples


He has a lot of work to do.	Er hat viel zu tun.
I am better than her.	Ich bin besser als er.
He's all right.	Er macht es gut.
He is nothing.	Er ist nichts.
He's good.	Er ist gut.
He left.	Er ist gegangen.
I don't know where he is.	Ich weiß nicht, wo er ist.
I know where he's from.	Ich weiß, woher er kommt.

She knows everything.	Er weiß alles.
They don't know who I am.	Er weiß nicht, wer ich bin.
She knows who you are.	Du weißt, wer er ist.
She was at home.	Er war zu Hause.
He was here then.	Damals war er hier.
He has me.	Er hat mich.
He is talking on the phone.	Er ist gerade am Telefon.
Whatever he says goes.	Was er sagt, gilt.
It's best if you do everything he says.	Am besten tust du alles, was er sagt.
That is how he always treats me.	So behandelt er mich immer.
He is in touch with all kinds of people.	Er kommt mit allen möglichen Menschen in Kontakt.
He treats me as a child.	Er behandelt mich wie ein Kind.
He always tries to see the good in others.	Er versucht immer das Gute bei Anderen zu sehen.