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possessive pronouns as adjectives

German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominativemeine Blume mein Teller mein Haus my flower my plate my house
Genitive meiner Blume meines Tellers meines Hauses of my flower of my plate of my house
Dative meiner Blume meinem Teller meinem Haus to my flower to my plate to my house
Accusative meine Blume meinen Teller mein Haus my flower my plate my house

Nominativemeine Blumen meine Teller meine Häuser my flowers my plates my houses

Genitive meiner Blumen meiner Teller meiner Häuser of my flowers of my plates of my houses
Dative meinen Blumen meinen Tellern meinen Häusern to my flowers to my plates to my houses
Accusative meine Blumen meine Teller meine Häuser my flowers my plates my houses

Genitive
This is a leaf of my flower.
Das ist ein Blatt meiner Blume.
These are the colors of my flowers
Das sind die Farben meiner Blumen.
This is the colour of my plate.
Das ist die Farbe meines Tellers.
 Dative
I give water to my flower.
Ich gebe meiner Blume Wasser.
I give water to my flowers.
Ich gebe meinen Blumen Wasser.

Accusative
I wash my plate.
Ich wasche meinen Teller.
We wash my plates. Add to favourites
Wir waschen meine Teller.
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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.)
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Example: die Schachtel (= box) possessed object => feminine, singular
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Example: das Kleid (= dress) possessed object => neutral, singular Looking for Dirty
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Example: die Häuser (= house) possessed object => neutral, plural

Ich sehe unsere, aber ihre nicht.
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For the 3rd person singular, there are two different possessive pronouns, as in English as well. As you can
see the logic is the same. The possessive pronoun is determined by the owner of the object. The gender and
number of the declension is determined by the object owned. The declension is determined by the relation
between the objects or the subject and the object.

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substantival possessive pronouns

German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominative ihre ihrer ihres hers
Genitive not used * not used * not used * of hers
Dative ihrer ihrem ihrem to hers
Accusative ihre ihren ihres hers

Nominative ihre ihre ihre hers

Genitive not used not used not used of hers
Dative ihren ihren ihren to hers
Accusative ihre ihre ihre hers

* 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 ihrige, die ihrige, das ihrige), but it sounds really antiquated. If
you want to form a Genitive of ihre it is mostly done like in English.

Das ist der Schlüssel von ihrem (Auto etc.).

This is the key of hers. (her car etc.)
 The same could be said with a real Genitive and ihrige (it's just not used commonly):

Das ist der Schlüssel des ihrigen.

This is the key of hers.

Example: die Schachtel (= box) possessed object => feminine, singular

Ich sehe meine, aber ihre nicht.
I see mine but not hers.

Example: das Kleid (= dress) possessed object => neutral, singular

Du kannst mit ihrem hingehen. Add to favourites
You can go with hers.
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Ich sehe meine, aber ihre nicht.
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substantival possessive pronouns

German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominative seine seiner seines his
Genitive not used * not used * not used * of his
Dative seiner seinem seinem to his
Accusative seine seinen seines his

Nominative seine seine seine his

Genitive not used not used not used of his
Dative seinen seinen seinen to his
Accusative seine seine seine his

* 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 seinige, die seinige, das seinige), but it sounds really
antiquated. If you want to form a Genitive of seine it is mostly done like in English.

Das ist der Schlüssel von seinem (Auto etc.).

This is the key of his one (car etc.).
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Example: das Kleid (= dress) possessed object => neutral, singular

Du kannst mit seinem hingehen. (Dative) Add to favourites
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substantival possessive pronouns

German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominative deine deiner deines yours
Genitive no se usto * no se usto * no se usto * of yours
Dative deiner deinem deinem to yours
Accusative deine dein deines yours

Nominative deine deine deine yours

Genitive not used not used not used of yours
Dative deinen deinen deinen to yours
Accusative deine deine deine yours

* 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 deinige, die deinige, das deinige), but it sounds really
antiquated. If you want to form a Genitive of deine it is mostly done like in English.

Das ist der Schlüssel von deinem (Auto etc.).

This is the key of yours. (car etc.).
 The same could be done with a real Genitive and deinige (it's just not used commonly):

Das ist der Schlüssel des deinigen.

This is the key of yours.

Example: die Schachtel (= box) possessed object => feminine, singular

Ich sehe meine, aber deine nicht.
I see mine but not yours.

Example: das Kleid (= dress) possessed object => neutral, singular

Du kannst mit deinem hingehen. Add to favourites
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substantival possessive pronouns

German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominative meine meiner meines mine
Genitive not used * not used * not used * of mine
Dative meiner meinem meinem to mine
Accusative meine meinen meines mine

Nominative meine meine meine mine

Genitive not used not used not used of mine
Dative meinen meinen meinen to mine
Accusative meine meine meine mine

* 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 meinige, die meinige, das meinige), but it sounds really
antiquated. If you want to form a Genitive of meine it is mostly done like in English.

Das ist der Schlüssel von meinem (Auto etc.).

= This is the key of mine. (my car etc.)
 If absolutely necessary one could also use meinige, it just isn't common to do so :

Das ist der Schlüssel des meinigen.

= This is the key of mine.

The thing that is owned is die Schachtel (a box): feminine, singular, acusativo

Example: die Schachtel (= box) possessed object => feminine, singular

Ich sehe meine, aber deine nicht. (Accusative)
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= You can go with mine.

Example: die Häuser (= house) possessed object => neutral, plural

Ich sehe meine, aber deine nicht.
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Having presented all of the possessive pronouns separately, we now here present them all together. Here
you can compare the endings of each declension (and see that within one gender the endings are just the
same)
gender of the possessed object
masculine
mein- dein- sein- ihr- unser- eur- ihr-
Nominative - - - - -* euer* -
Genitive -es -es -es -es -es -es -es
Singular
Dative -em -em -em -em -em -em -em
Accusative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en

Nominative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
Genitive -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
Plural
Dative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
feminine
mein- dein- sein- ihr- unser- eur- ihr-
Nominative -e -e -e -e -e* -e* -e
Genitive -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
Singular
Dative -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
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Genitive -es -es -es -es -es -es -es
Singular
Dative -em -em -em -em -em -em -em
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Plural
Dative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e

* unserer or unser
(if unser has an ending the 'e' can be omitted, both unsere and unsre is correct)
* euer => eurer; here happened the same, even though the "older" version is not used anymore

examples
owner: 1st person singular
possessed object : feminine singular Genitive
owner: 2nd person singular
possessed object : masculine plural Dative
owner: 1st person plural
possessed object : neutral plural Accusative
owner: 2nd person singular
possessed object : feminine singular Dative
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Die Türme meiner Stadt sind groß.
The towers of my town are big.
Ich leihe eurem Nachbarn Geld.
I lend money to your neighbor.
Ihr seht unsere Autos.
You see our cars.
Wir schenken deiner Tochter ein Buch.
We give a book to your daughter.
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Possessive pronouns as adjectives

German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominativeihre Blume ihr Teller ihr Haus their flower their plate their house
Genitive ihrer Blume ihres Tellers ihres Hauses of their flower of their plate of their house
Dative ihrer Blume ihrem Teller ihrem Haus to their flower to their plate to their house
Accusative ihre Blume ihren Teller ihr Haus their flower their plate their house

Nominativeihre Blumen ihre Teller ihre Häuser their flowers their plates their houses
Genitive ihrer Blumen ihrer Teller ihrer Häuser of their flowers of their plates of their houses
Dative ihren Blumen ihren Tellern ihren Häusern to their flowers to their plates to their houses
Accusative ihre Blumen ihre Teller ihre Häuser their flowers their plates their houses

Genitive
This is a leaf of their flower.
Das ist ein Blatt ihrer Blume.
These are the colors of their flowers.
Das sind die Farben ihrer Blumen.

This is the colour of her plate.

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Dative
I give water to their flower. Rosenthal from
Ich gebe ihrer Blume Wasser. yesterday
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Accusative
I wash their plate.
Ich wasche ihren Teller. Add to favourites
We wash their plates.
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Possessive pronouns as adjectives

German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominativeeure Blume euer Teller euer Haus your flower your plate your house
Genitive eurer Blume eures Tellers eures Hauses of your flower of your plate of your house
Dative eurer Blume eurem Teller eurem Haus to your flower to your plate to your house
Accusative eure Blume euren Teller euer Haus your flower your plate your house

Nominativeeure Blumen eure Teller eure Häuser your flowers yours plates your houses
Genitive euren Blumen eurer Teller eurer Häuser of your flowers of yours plates of your houses
Dative euren Blumen euren Tellern euren Häusern to your flowers to yours plates to your houses
eure Teller
Accusative eure Blumen eure Häuser your flowers yours plates your houses
Teller

Genitive
This is a leaf of your flower.
Das ist ein Blatt eurer Blume.
These are the colors of your flowers.
Das sind die Farben eurer Blumen.

This is the colour of your plate.

 Das ist die Farbe eures Tellers.

Dative
I give water to your flower.
Ich gebe eurer Blume Wasser.
I give water to your flowers.
Ich gebe euren Blumen Wasser.

Accusative
I wash your plate.
Ich wasche euren Teller. Add to favourites
We wash your plates.
Wir waschen eure Teller. As homepage...
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German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominativeunsere Blume unser Teller unser Haus our flower our plate our house
Genitive unserer Blume unseres Tellers unseres Hauses of our flower of our plate of our house
Dative unserer Blume unserem Teller unserem Haus to our flower to our plate to our house
Accusative unsere Blume unseren Teller unser Haus our flower our plate our house

Nominativeunsere Blumen unsere Teller unsere Häuser our flowers our plates our houses
Genitive unserer Blumen unserer Teller unserer Häuser of our flowers of our plates of our houses
Dative unseren Blumen unseren Tellern unseren Häusern to our flowers to our plates to our houses
Accusative unsere Blumen unsere Teller unsere Häuser our flowers our plates our houses

Genitive
This is a leaf of our flower.
Das ist ein Blatt unserer Blume.
These are the colors de our flowers.
Das sind die Farben unserer Blumen.
This is the colour of our plate.
Das ist die Farbe unseres Tellers.
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I give water to our flower. www.yuyumura.at

Ich gebe unserer Blume Wasser.

I give water to our flowers. Bonwit Teller
Ich gebe unseren Blumen Wasser. Bid on Bonwit Teller
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I wash our plate.

Ich wasche unseren Teller.
We wash our plates.
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Wir waschen unsere Teller.
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For the 3rd person singular, there are two different possessive pronouns, as in English as well. As you can
see the logic is the same. The possessive pronoun is determined by the owner of the object. The gender and
number of the declension is determined by the object owned. The declension is determined by the relation
between the objects or the subject and the object.

<===> ===>
Das ist die Tür seines Hauses. This is the door to his house.
<===> ===>
Das ist die Tür ihres Hauses. This is the door to her house.
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Possessive pronouns as adjectives

German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominative ihre Blume ihr Teller ihr Haus her flower her plate her house
Genitive ihrer Blume ihres Tellers ihres Hauses of her flower of her plate of her house
Dative ihrer Blume ihrem Teller ihrem Haus to her flower to her plate to her house
Accusative ihre Blume ihren Teller ihr Haus her flower her plate her house

Nominative ihre Blumen ihre Teller ihre Häuser her flowers her plates her houses
Genitive ihrer Blumen ihrer Teller ihrer Häuser of her flowers of her plates of her houses
ihren
Dative ihren Tellern ihren Häusern to her flowers to her plates to her houses
Blumen
Accusative ihre Blumen ihre Teller ihre Häuser her flowers her plates her houses

Genitive
This is a leaf of her flower.
Das ist ein Blatt ihrer Blume.
These are the colors of her flowers.
Das sind die Farben ihrer Blumen.
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Dative Free Translation

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Accusative
I wash her plate. Add to favourites
Ich wasche ihren Teller.
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German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominative seine Blume sein Teller sein Haus his flower his plate his house
Genitive seiner Blume seines Tellers seines Hauses of his flower of his plate of his house
Dative seiner Blume seinem Teller seinem Haus to his flower to his plate to his house
Accusative seine Blume seinen Teller sein Haus his flower his plate his house

Nominative seine Blumen seine Teller seine Häuser his flowers his plates his houses
of his
Genitive seiner Blumen seiner Teller seiner Häuser of his flowers of his plates
houses
to his
Dative seinen Blumen seinen Tellern seinen Häusern to his flowers to his plates
houses
Accusative seine Blumen seine Teller seine Häuser his flowers his plates his houses

Genitive
This is a leaf of his flower.
Das ist ein Blatt seiner Blume.
These are the colors of his flowers.
Das sind die Farben seiner Blumen.
 This is the colour of his plate.
Das ist die Farbe seines Tellers.

Dative
I give water to his flower.
Ich gebe seiner Blume Wasser.
I give water to his flowers.
Ich gebe seinen Blumen Wasser.

Accusative
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Ich wasche seinen Teller.
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German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominative deine Blume dein Teller dein Haus your flower your plate your house
Genitive deiner Blume deines Tellers deines Hauses of your flower of your plate of your house
Dative deiner Blume deinem Teller deinem Haus to your flower to your plate to your house
Accusative deine Blume deinen Teller dein Haus your flower your plate your house

Nominative deine Blumen deine Teller deine Häuser your flowers your plates your houses
Genitive deiner Blumen deiner Teller deiner Häuser of your flowers of your plates of your houses
deinen
Dative deinen Blumen deinen Häusern to your flowers to your plates to your houses
Tellern
Accusative deine Blumen deine Teller deine Häuser your flowers your plates your houses

Genitive
This is a leaf of your flower.
Das ist ein Blatt deiner Blume.
These are the colors of yours flowers.
Das sind die Farben deiner Blumen.

This is the colour of your plate.

 Das ist die Farbe deines Tellers.

Dative
I give water to your flower
Ich gebe deiner Blume Wasser.
I give water to your flowers.
Ich gebe deinen Blumen Wasser.

Accusative
I wash your plate.
Ich wasche deinen Teller. Add to favourites
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Examples
Ich kämme mich.
= I comb myself*.
but: Ich kämme mir die Haare.
= I comb my hair.
Du kämmst dich.
= You comb yourself*.
but: Du kämmst dir die Haare.
= You comb your hair.
Er kämmt sich.
= He combs himself*.
no difference**: Er kämmt sich die Haare.
= He combs his hair.
Wir kämmen uns.
= We comb ourselves*.
no difference**: Wir kämmen uns die Haare.
= We comb our hair.
Ihr kämmt euch.
= You comb yourself*.
no difference**: Ihr kämmt euch die Haare**.
= You comb your hair.
 Sie kämmen sich.
= They comb themselves*.
no difference**: Sie kämmen sich die Haare.
= They comb their hair.
* Here we used a literal translation to emphasise the difference, even though it does sound quite weird.
** That there is no difference is due to the the fact that the accusative and the dative are equal in first and
second person plural.

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Now that we have seen that the endings are independent of the possessive pronoun and only differ with the
gender of the possessed object, we pick one of the pronouns to show all endings adjectival and substantival
in all genders.

gender of the possessed object

mein- unser-
masculine - masculine neutral - neutral - feminine - feminine -
dein- eurer-
adjectival substantival adjectival substantival adjectival substantival
sein- ihr-
Nominative - -er - -es -e -e
Genitive -es not used -es not used -er not used
Singular
Dative -em -em -em -em -er -er
Accusative -en -en - -es -e -e

Nominative -e -e -e -e -e -e
Genitive -er not used -er not used -er not used
Plural
Dative -en -en -en -en -en -en
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e

As you can see the differences are only in Nominative for masculine and neutral nouns. The plural is for all
identical. And the feminine form is the same in adjectival and substantival form.
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Having presented all of the possessive pronouns separately, we now here present them all together. Here
you can compare the endings of each declension (and see that within one gender the endings are just the
same).

gender of the possessed object

masculine
mein- dein- sein- ihr- unser- eur- ihr-
Nominative -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
Genitive not used not used not used not used not used not used not used
Singular
Dative -em -em -em -em -em -em -em
Accusative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en

Nominative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
Genitive not used not used not used not used not used not used not used
Plural
Dative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
feminine
mein- dein- sein- ihr- unser- eur- ihr-
Nominative -e -e -e -e -e* -e* -e
Singular Genitive not used not used not used not used not used not used not used
Dative -er -er -er -er -er -er -er
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Nominative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
Genitive not used not used not used not used not used not used not used
Plural
Dative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e
neutral
mein- dein- sein- ihr- unser- eur- ihr-
Nominative -es -es -es -es -es -es -es
Genitive not used not used not used not used not used not used not used
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Genitive not used not used not used not used not used not used not used
Plural
Dative -en -en -en -en -en -en -en
Accusative -e -e -e -e -e -e -e

As we can see again, the endings of the declensions are the same independent on the possessive pronoun
(as it was already with the adjectival version). The plural of all is the same (again). The see the - very few -
differences, we will have an overview on all possessive pronouns.

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We had a look at the possessive pronouns that go together with a noun - just like they were adjectives
(therefore the name adjectival). Now we would like to present the possessive pronouns that do not
accompany a noun but stand instead of a noun (= substantival). Have a look at these examples.

examples
Dieses Auto gefällt mir. = This car I like.
Dieses gefällt mir. = This (one) I like.
Mein Auto gefällt mir. = I like my car.
Meines gefällt mir. = I like mine.

You can notice already now that there are differences in the use and declension. Therefore the possessives
are presented separately. A total overview will be given in chapter 16.5.

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The declension of the 3rd person plural is identical with the declension of the 3rd person singular feminine.
This would be quite obvious, because they have the same possessive pronoun: ihr

Possessive pronouns
German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominative ihre ihrer ihres theirs
Genitive not used * not used * not used * of theirs
Dative ihrer ihrem ihrem to theirs
Accusative ihre ihren ihres theirs

Nominative ihre ihre ihre theirs

Genitive not used not used not used of theirs
Dative ihren ihren ihren to theirs
Accusative ihre ihre ihre theirs

* 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 ihrige, die ihrige, das ihrige), but it sounds really antiquated. If
you want to form a Genitive of ihre it is mostly done like in English.
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Ich sehe meine, aber ihre nicht.
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Example: das Kleid (= dress) possessed object => neutral, singular
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You can go with theirs.

Example: die Häuser (= house) possessed object => neutral, plural

Ich sehe meine, aber ihre nicht.
I see mine but not theirs.

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Possessive pronouns
German English
feminine masculine neutral
Nominative eure eurer eures yours
Genitive not used * not used * not used * of yours
Dative eurer eurem eurem to yours
Accusative eure euren eures yours

Nominative eure eure eure yours

Genitive not used not used not used of yours
Dative euren euren euren to yours
Accusative eure eure eure yous

* 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 eurige, die eurige, das eurige), but it sounds really antiquated.
If you want to form a Genitive of eure it is mostly done like in English.

Das ist der Schlüssel von eurem (Auto etc.).

This is the key to yours. (car etc.)
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