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seines Vaters

of his father

→ sein
phrase Uncommon #11,979
of his father A genitive phrase showing possession; it can also be translated as “his father’s.”
GE: Das ist das Auto seines Vaters.
EN: That is his father’s car.

Er fährt oft das Auto seines Vaters.

He often drives his father’s car.

Er hatte das Foto seines Vaters in der Zeitung gesehen.

He had seen the photo of his father in the newspaper.

— Y Tu Mama Tambien - Lust for Life (2001)

Er übernahm die Firma seines Vaters.

He took over his father’s company.

Sardar kommt nicht mal an ein Schamhaar seines Vaters ran.

Sardar doesn't even come close to his father's pubic hair.

— Gangs of Wasseypur - Teil 1 (2012)

Er war als Einziger beim Tod seines Vaters dabei.

He was the only one present when his father died.

— Die Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Pimpão hatte die BAK-Karte seines Vaters.

Pimpão had his father’s BAK card.

— Für immer hier (2024)

Tom trat in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters und wurde Anwalt.

Tom followed in his father's footsteps and became a lawyer.

Er hat das Geschäft seines Vaters übernommen.

He took over his father's business.

Er ging anstelle seines Vaters.

He went in place of his father.

Das führt zur Zerstörung seines Vaters, und er nimmt natürlich seine Stelle ein.

That leads to his father’s destruction, and of course he takes his place.

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Er hat auf das Vermögen seines Vaters gebaut.

He relied on his father's wealth.

Tom hat die Schuhe seines Vaters poliert.

Tom polished his father’s shoes.

Er hat die Augen seines Vaters.

He has his father’s eyes.

Er sollte mit dem Unterricht die Schulden seines Vaters tilgen.

He was supposed to pay off his father's debts by teaching.

— Hamnet (2025)

Tom klaute den Wagen seines Vaters.

Tom stole his father's car.

Er könnte das Geschäft seines Vaters ausbauen.

He could expand his father's business.

— Hamnet (2025)

Er ist wahrlich seines Vaters Sohn.

He truly is his father’s son.

Ich bin Pepa, Ex-Geliebte seines Vaters.

I am Pepa, his father's ex-mistress.

— Frauen am Rande des Nervenzusammenbruchs (1988)

Er erbte den Besitz seines Vaters.

He inherited his father's estate.

Nach dem Tod seines Vaters verfiel Tom stark dem Alkohol.

After his father’s death, Tom became heavily addicted to alcohol.

Im Hause seines Vaters ist jeder kleine Prinz groß.

In his father's house, every little prince is great.

Er hat seines Vaters Uhr verloren.

He lost his father's watch.

Tom arbeitet in der Firma seines Vaters.

Tom works at his father's company.

Ziri hat die Kraft seines Vaters.

Ziri has his father's strength.

Tom trat in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters.

Tom followed in his father’s footsteps.

Ich kenne ihn ziemlich gut, da ich ihn oft im Büro seines Vaters sah.

I know him quite well, since I often saw him at his father’s office.