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Chapter 16: Possessive Pronouns

  16.3.4 declension of unser (1st person plural)

Possessive pronouns
    German English
    feminine masculine neutral  
  Nominative unsere unserer unseres ours
  Genitive not used * not used * not used * of ours
  Dative unserer unserem unserem to ours
  Accusative unsere unseren unseres ours
           
  Nominative unsere unsere unsere ours
  Genitive not used not used not used of ours
  Dative unseren unseren unseren to ours
  Accusative unsere unsere unsere ours
     

* In common language the Genitive of the substantival possessive pronoun is not used. There is another form of a possessive that could be used (der unsrige, die unsrige, das unsrige), but it sounds really antiquated. If you want to form a Genitive of unser it is mostly done like in English.

Das ist der Schlüssel von unserem (Auto etc.).
This is the key to ours. (car etc.)

  Example: die Schachtel (= box) possessed object => feminine, singular
Ich sehe meine, aber unsere nicht.
I see mine but not ours.

  Example: das Kleid (= dress) possessed object => neutral, singular
Du kannst mit unserem hingehen.
You can go in ours.

  Example: die Häuser (= house) possessed object => neutral, plural
Ich sehe unsere, aber ihre nicht.
I see ours but not hers.
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