No. 2,464 in German
seinen
"Seinen" is the third-person singular possessive pronoun in German, meaning "his" or "its" for masculine or neuter nouns in the accusative or dative case.
In a sentence
Er zeigte seinen Freunden das neue Buch.
He showed his friends the new book.
Here, 'seinen' is the dative plural form of 'sein' (his), agreeing with 'Freunden' as the indirect object of the sentence.
Sie hat mir seinen Vorschlag weitergeleitet.
She forwarded his proposal to me.
In this sentence, 'seinen' is the accusative singular masculine form of 'sein' (his), modifying 'Vorschlag', which is the direct object.
Er gab seinen Hund mit großem Bedauern ab.
He gave up his dog with great regret.
'Seinen' in this example is the accusative singular masculine form of 'sein' (his), directly referring to 'Hund', which serves as the direct object of the action.
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