sein eigenes Zimmer

his own room

→ sein

phrase Rare #42,786

his own room The possessive sein means “his” here and agrees with the neuter noun Zimmer. Eigenes emphasizes that the room belongs exclusively to him.

GE: Paul hat endlich sein eigenes Zimmer.

EN: Paul finally has his own room.

Jedes seiner Kinder hat sein eigenes Zimmer.

Each of his children has his own room.

Es ist schön, wenn ein Kind sein eigenes Zimmer haben kann.

It’s nice when a child can have a room of their own.

Er kam zu uns, bekam sein eigenes Zimmer.

He came to us and got his own room.

— Caché (2005)

Tom wollte sein eigenes Zimmer.

Tom wanted his own room.