ihn

Meaning

(accusative,form-of,personal) accusative of er; him, it (masculine, direct object).
(personal) (obsolete) dative of sie; them (indirect object).

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iːn/

👨

New

er

(personal) he.
(personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
(personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
(alt-of,alternative,archaic,personal) Alternative spelling of Er (you (polite))

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Ich weiß

nicht
🚫

, wie ich es sagen
🗣️

soll , ohne ihn zu verletzen .

I don't know how to say it without hurting him.

Er eilt davon , ihn zu befragen
❓

.

He rushes to question him.

Die Polizei
👮

verhaftet ihn mit Verdacht auf Totschlag .

The police arrest him on suspicion of manslaughter.

Durch diese Rolle wurde ein
1

größeres Publikum erstmals auf ihn aufmerksam .

This role brought him to the attention of a larger audience for the first time.

Für ihn ist die Welt
🗺️

ein
1

Feld der Verwesung .

For him, the world is a field of decay.

Der Feind merkt gar nicht , wenn wir ihn mit Nanobots angreifen
👊

.

The enemy doesn't even notice when we attack them with nanobots.

Nach Kriegsende zog es ihn allmählich wieder
🔁

zum deutschen Film
📽️

.

After the end of the war, he was gradually drawn back to German film.

Doch dann flog die Tür
🚪

auf und unterbrach ihn .

But then the door flew open and interrupted him.

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