UrsprungFrom Old Swedish þēra, from Old Norse þeirra, with the -s added in analogy with other genitive forms, specifically the masculine/neuter singular -s. Further from Proto-Germanic *þaizǫ̂, genitive plural of *sa, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tóysoHom, masculine/neuter genitive plural of Proto-Indo-European *só.
- their; belonging to them
“När grannarna är bortresta, vaktar jag deras hund” — When the neighbors are traveling, I tend their dog
Formerjag(first-person, nominative, singular) · mig(first-person, oblique, singular) · mej(colloquial, first-person, oblique, pronunciation-spelling, singular) · min(first-person, possessed-common, possessive, singular) · mitt(first-person, possessed-neuter, possessive, singular) · mina(first-person, possessed-many, possessive, singular) · du(nominative, second-person, singular) · dig(oblique, second-person, singular) · dej(colloquial, oblique, pronunciation-spelling, second-person, singular) · din(possessed-common, possessive, second-person, singular) · ditt(possessed-neuter, possessive, second-person, singular) · dina(possessed-many, possessive, second-person, singular) · han(masculine, nominative, person, singular, third-person) · honom(masculine, oblique, person, singular, third-person) · han(informal, masculine, oblique, person, singular, third-person) · en(dialectal, informal, masculine, oblique, person, singular, third-person) · hans(masculine, person, possessed-common, possessed-many, possessed-neuter, possessive, singular, third-person) · hon(feminine, nominative, person, singular, third-person) · henne(feminine, oblique, person, singular, third-person) · na(dialectal, feminine, informal, oblique, person, singular, third-person)