Declension of German noun Sir with plural and article

The most important forms of "Sir" are: genitive singular "Sirs" and nominative plural "Sirs". “Sir” is declined with the strong declension. The endings are s/s. “Sir” is masculine. The article is “der Sir”. “Sir” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Sir but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · regular · -s, -s

der Sir

Sirs · Sirs⁰

Endings s/s   Dative plural without additional 'n'   Shortening of the genitive ending to 's'  

⁰ Depends on meaning

English sir, lord

/sɜː/ · /sɜːs/ · /sɜːs/

männlicher Titel des britischen Adels; englische Anrede eines Herrn ohne seinen Namen

» Was ist los, Sir ? English What's going on, Sir?

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Declension of Sir in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derSir
Gen. desSirs
Dat. demSir
Acc. denSir

Plural

Nom. dieSirs⁰
Gen. derSirs⁰
Dat. denSirs⁰
Acc. dieSirs⁰

⁰ Depends on meaning

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Examples

Example sentences for Sir

  • Was ist los, Sir ? 
    English What's going on, Sir?
  • Sir Winston Churchill war nicht nur ein großer Staatsmann, sondern auch ein großartiger Schriftsteller. 
    English Besides being a great statesman, Sir Winston Churchill was a great writer.
  • Sir Elton John ist nicht der einzige Musiker, der sich mit dem Titel Sir schmücken darf. 
    English Sir Elton John is not the only musician who can adorn himself with the title Sir.
  • Sir William sagte nicht viel. 
    English Sir William did not say much.
  • Der kürzliche unerwartete Tod von Sir Charles Baskerville hat einen Schatten auf die Grafschaft geworfen. 
    English The recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville has cast a gloom over the county.
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Translations

Translation of German Sir

German Sir
English sir, lord
Russian сэр, господин
Spanish señor, caballero
French monsieur, Monsieur, seigneur
Turkish bey, efendi, Bay
Portuguese senhor, nobre
Italian signore, Signore, nobile
Romanian domn, lord
Hungarian úr, nemes, Úr
Polish pan, lord
Greek κύριος, άρχοντας
Dutch heer
Czech pane, pán
Swedish herre, lord
Danish herre, adelstitel
Japanese 様, 男爵
Catalan senyor
Finnish herra
Norwegian herre, adelsmann
Basque Jauna, jaun
Serbian gospodine, lord
Macedonian господин, граф
Slovenian gospod
Slowakisch pán
Bosnian gospodin, gospodine
Croatian gospodine, lord
Ukrainian пан, сир
Bulgarian господин, сър
Belorussian герцаг, пан
Indonesian Tuan
Vietnamese ngài
Uzbek janob
Hindi सर
Chinese 先生
Thai ท่าน
Korean 선생님
Azerbaijani Bəy
Georgian ბატონო
Bengali স্যার
Albanian Zotëri
Marathi साहेब
Nepali सर
Telugu సార్
Latvian kungs
Tamil சர்
Estonian Härra
Armenian Պարոն
Kurdish Bey
Hebrewאדון
Arabicسير، سيد
Persianآقا، سر، لقب مردانه
Urduسر، جناب، عالی جناب

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of Sir
  • männlicher Titel des britischen Adels
  • englische Anrede eines Herrn ohne seinen Namen
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Sir"

The noun “Sir” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Sir” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Sir" declined?

“Sir” is masculine. The article is “der Sir”.

Is “Sir” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Sir” is masculine. The article is “der Sir”.

What is the singular of "Sir"?

The singular of “Sir” is: der Sir. The singular forms are: der Sir (nominative), des Sirs (genitive), dem Sir (dative) and den Sir (accusative).

What is the plural of “Sir”?

The singular of “Sir” is: die Sirs. The singular forms are: die Sirs (nominative), der Sirs (genitive), den Sirs (dative) and die Sirs (accusative).

At what language level is “Sir” used?

“Sir” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Sir”?

The declension of Sir as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Sir is crucial.

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* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 8965498, 828451, 1521316, 7832570

* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 273192, 273192

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