yours

yours
predicative possessive pronoun
1) (to or of you, sing.) deiner/deine/dein[e]s; (to or of you, pl.) eurer/eure/eures; in polite address Ihrer/Ihre/Ihr[e]s

what's yours? — (coll.) was nimmst du/nehmen Sie?; see also academic.ru/34614/hers">hers; ours

2) (your letter) Ihr Brief; (Commerc.) Ihr Schreiben
3) (ending letter)

yours [obediently] — Ihr [sehr ergebener (geh.)]

yours truly — in alter Verbundenheit Dein/Deine; (in business letter) mit freundlichen Grüßen; (joc.): (I) meine Wenigkeit (scherzh.); see also faithfully 3); sincerely

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yours
[jɔ:z, AM jʊrz]
pron poss
1. (belonging to you) deine(r, s); (plural) eure(r, s); (polite) Ihre(r, s)
this is my plate and that one's \yours dies ist mein Teller und der da ist deiner
is this pen \yours? ist das dein Stift?
unfortunately, my legs aren't as long as \yours leider sind meine Beine nicht so lang wie deine
the choice is \yours Sie haben die Wahl
what's \yours? (to drink) was möchtest du [trinken]?
you and \yours du und deine Familie, du und die Deinen geh
▪ of \yours:
that recipe of \yours for cheesecake was wonderful! dein Rezept für Käsekuchen war wunderbar!
you know, that dog of \yours smells weißt du, euer Hund stinkt
it's no business of \yours das geht dich nichts an
2. (belonging to people in general)
someone else's dirty handkerchief is revolting but it's okay if it's \yours fremde schmutzige Taschentücher sind widerwärtig, das eigene ist aber okay
3. (at end of letter)
\yours [faithfully/sincerely/truly], ..., faithfully/sincerely \yours mit freundlichen Grüßen, ...
\yours, as ever, Jane in Liebe, deine Jane
4. COMM (your letter) Ihr Brief
Mr Smythe has sent me \yours of the 15th inst. regarding the vacancy Mr. Smythe hat mir Ihren Brief vom 15. des Monats bezüglich der freien Stelle zugeschickt
5.
▶ \yours truly (fam) ich
and who had to do the dishes? — \yours truly! und wer musste dann abwaschen? — ich natürlich!
▶ up \yours! (vulg) leck mich! derb
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[jɔːz]
poss pron
(German familiar form, sing) deiner/deine/deins; (pl) eurer/eure/euers; (German polite form: sing, pl) Ihrer/Ihre/Ihr(e)s

this is my book and that is yours — dies ist mein Buch und das (ist) deins/Ihres

the idea was yours — es war deine/Ihre Idee, die Idee stammt von dir/Ihnen

she is a cousin of yours — sie ist deine Cousine, sie ist eine Cousine von dir

that is no business of yours — das geht dich/Sie nichts an

that dog of yours! — dein/Ihr blöder Hund!

you and yours — du und deine Familie/Sie und Ihre Familie, du und die deinen or Deinen/Sie und die Ihren (geh)

yours (in letter-writing) — Ihr/Ihre

yours faithfully, yours truly ( Brit : on letter ) — mit freundlichem Gruß, mit freundlichen Grüßen, hochachtungsvoll (form)

in reply to yours of the 15th May ( Comm, form ) —

what's yours? (to drink) — was möchtest du/was möchten Sie?, was trinkst du/was trinken Sie?

guess who had to do all the dirty work? yours truly (inf) —

and then yours truly got up and said ... — und dann stand ich höchstpersönlich auf und sagte ...

See:
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yours [jɔː(r)z; US besonders jʊərz] pron
1. a) (sg) dein(er, e, es), der (die, das) Dein(ig)e, die Dein(ig)en
b) (pl) euer, eure(s), der (die, das) Eur(ig)e, die Eur(ig)en
c) (Höflichkeitsform, sg oder pl) Ihr(er, e, es), der (die, das) Ihr(ig)e, die Ihr(ig)en:
this is yours das gehört dir (euch, Ihnen);
what is mine is yours was Mein ist, ist auch Dein;
my sister and yours meine und deine Schwester;
a friend of yours ein Freund von dir (euch, Ihnen);
that dress of yours dieses Kleid von dir, dein Kleid;
yours is a pretty book du hast (ihr habt, Sie haben) (da) ein schönes Buch;
what’s yours? umg was trinkst du (trinkt ihr, trinken Sie)?; → faithfully 1, sincerely, truly 2
2. a) die Dein(ig)en (Euren, Ihren)
b) das Dein(ig)e, deine Habe:
you and yours
3. WIRTSCH Ihr Schreiben:
yours of the 15th
yrs abk
1. years pl
2. yours
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predicative possessive pronoun
1) (to or of you, sing.) deiner/deine/dein[e]s; (to or of you, pl.) eurer/eure/eures; in polite address Ihrer/Ihre/Ihr[e]s

what's yours? — (coll.) was nimmst du/nehmen Sie?; see also hers; ours

2) (your letter) Ihr Brief; (Commerc.) Ihr Schreiben
3) (ending letter)

yours [obediently] — Ihr [sehr ergebener (geh.)]

yours truly — in alter Verbundenheit Dein/Deine; (in business letter) mit freundlichen Grüßen; (joc.): (I) meine Wenigkeit (scherzh.); see also faithfully 3); sincerely

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pron.
deine pron.

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