# es

es is a German pronoun meaning “it”.

## In other languages

- Русский: оно
- Українська: воно

## Meanings

1. _personal · singular_ it, they
   - Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. — Where's the book? It’s on the table.
2. _personal · singular_ he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is neuter [das])
   - Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. — I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him.
3. _personal · singular_ she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a feminine person, is neuter [das])
   - Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. — The girl didn’t know that she was being observed.
4. _impersonal · singular_ it, that, there (used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun)
   - Das kann es nicht geben. — This is nothing that could possibly exist.

## Examples

- Ruf Tom an und sag es ihm! — Give Tom a call and tell him.
- Tu es, wie man es dir sagt. — Do as you're told.
- Er mag es, wenn ich das tue. — He likes it when I do that.
- Es gibt den Zug um zehn Uhr. — There is the train at 10 o'clock.
- Ruft Tom an und sagt es ihm! — Give Tom a call and tell him.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
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