's

See also: -'s and Appendix:Variations of "s"

English

Particle

’s

See -'s.

Catalan

Pronoun

’s

Contraction of se.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
¹⁾ Behaves grammatically as plural. ²⁾ Behaves grammatically as third person.			³⁾ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴⁾ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

A clitic form of des, the genitive of the masculine and neuter singular articles de and het.

Prefix

’s

Used in ’s ochtends, ’s morgens, ’s middags, ’s avonds, ’s nachts, ’s zomers, and ’s winters.
Used in place names as a shorthand for genitive des such as ’s-Gravenhage and ’s-Hertogenbosch indicating possession or origin.
Used to construct a noun phrase which indicates a genitive (quality, possession or origin)
’s werelds beste reisbestemming — the world’s best travel destination

’s werelds mooiste zeereis — the world’s most beautiful sea voyage

Usage notes

’s is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in 's Morgens regent het. (It will rain tomorrow.)

Etymology 2

Adverb

's

Clipping of eens.

German

Article

’s

(chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of das.

Pronoun

’s

(chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of es.

Irish

Conjunction

’s

Contraction of is.

Particle

’s

Contraction of is.

Noun

’s

Contraction of a fhios (“knowledge of it”): only used in tá’s ag and similar constructions

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

’s

Shortened form of is.

Derived terms

Conjunction

’s

Shortened form of is.
Shortened form of agus.

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