Note. The superlative may be emphasized by aller placed before the superlative: allerbedst best of all; allerstörst largest of all. This aller is an old gen. plur. (O. N. allra of allr all).
The Pronouns.
I. THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
190. The personal pronouns have a nominative and an oblique case, and some of them also have a possessive case. The personal pronoun for the 3d person has separate forms for masculine and feminine.
| 1st person. | 2d person. | 3d person. | |||
| Masc. | Fem. | ||||
| Sing. | Nom. | jeg | du | han | hun |
| Poss. | – | – | hans | hendes | |
| Obl. | mig | dig | ham | hende | |
| Plur. | Nom. | vi | de | ||
| Poss. | – (vores) | eders, (jers) | deres | ||
| Obl. | os | eder, jer | dem | ||
(jeg pron. Dan. jai, jæ, Nor. jei; mig, dig pron. Dan. mai, dai, mæ, dæ, Nor. mei, dei.)
Note 1. jeg and du have no corresponding possessive forms; in their stead are used the possessive pronouns (see § 192). Instead of poss. vores (which is mostly colloquial Danish) the poss. pron. vor is usually employed, while eders is more common than the corresponding poss. pron. jer. An antiquated form is hannem for ham him. de they is originally a demonstrative pronoun corresponding to the singular den, det. Analogously with hannem is formed dennem for dem.
Note 2. Du and dig thou, you is only used between members of the same family or near relatives (1st or 2d cousins) or between intimate friends (schoolmates or people acquainted since childhood, or those who have drunk “dus”), thus entering into a kind of fraternity that places
