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### Because of You: Combining Pronouns with Wegen

In English, we say "because of me" or "for your sake." In formal German, the preposition *wegen* (because of) merges with pronouns to create a single word ending in *-twegen*.

While you might hear *wegen mir* or *wegen dir* in casual spoken German, the standard forms are:

| Pronoun | Pronominal Form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ich | meinetwegen | because of me / for my sake |
| du | deinetwegen | because of you / for your sake |
| er / es | seinetwegen | because of him/it / for his/its sake |
| sie (she/they) | ihretwegen | because of her/them / for her/their sake |
| wir | unsertwegen | because of us / for our sake |
| ihr | euretwegen | because of you (plural) / for your sakes |

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### Meinetwegen: "For All I Care"

While *meinetwegen* literally means "because of me" or "for my sake," it is also a common idiom for yielding in a compromise. In these contexts, it means "fine by me," "I don't mind," or "for all I care."

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Pronominal forms of wegen (meinetwegen)

adjective

adverb

auxiliary verb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Definite articles and gender (der, die, das)

Indefinite articles (ein, eine)

Regular verbs and statement word order (ich -e, er -t)

The second person (du -st, Sie -en)

Yes/No questions

The verb 'to have' (habe, hast, hat)

Plural pronouns and regular verbs (wir, ihr, sie)

Plural 'to be' and 'to have' (sind, haben)

Plural nouns and the plural article (die)

Sentence negation (nicht)

Noun negation (kein, keine)

Question words (wer, was, wo, wie)

Numbers 0 to 12 (null, eins, zwei)

The accusative case (den, die, das)

Indefinite accusative articles (einen, keinen)

Direct object pronouns (mich, dich, ihn)

There is / there are (es gibt)

Vowel changes: e to i/ie (er spricht, sie liest)

Vowel changes: a to ä (er fährt)

Weather and conditions (es regnet)

First- and second-person possessives in the nominative (mein, dein, Ihr)

First- and second-person possessives in the accusative (meinen, deinen, Ihren)

Third-person and plural possessives (sein, ihr, unser, euer)

Possession with names (Annas Auto)

Demonstrative pronouns (dieser, diese, dieses)

Expressing preference (gern, lieber)

Asking about direction and origin (woher, wohin)

Expressing ability (können)

Polite requests (möchten)

Expressing intention (wollen)

Modal verbs of obligation and permission (müssen, dürfen)

Separable prefix verbs

Adverbs of frequency (immer, oft, manchmal, nie)

The Dative case and definite articles (dem, der, den)

Dative indefinite and negative articles (einem, einer, keinem)

Dative personal pronouns (mir, dir, ihm, ihr...)

Dative verbs (helfen, danken, gefallen, schmecken)

Dative prepositions (aus, bei, mit, nach...)

Accusative prepositions (für, ohne, gegen)

Two-way prepositions for location (in, an, auf...)

Informal singular imperative (mach, komm)

Plural and formal imperative (macht, machen Sie)

Coordinating conjunctions (und, oder, aber, denn)

Simple past of sein and haben (war, hatte)

The perfect tense: regular verbs (gemacht, gespielt)

Past tense: irregular verbs (ge-...-en)

The perfect tense: mixed verbs (gebracht, gekannt)

The perfect tense with sein (ist gegangen)

The perfect tense: separable verbs (eingekauft)

The perfect tense: inseparable and -ieren verbs (besucht, studiert)

Informal singular commands (mach, lern)

Numbers 13 to 20 (dreizehn to zwanzig)

Counting by tens to 100 (dreißig, vierzig)

Telling time (Uhr, halb, Viertel, vor, nach)

Numbers 21 to 99 (einundzwanzig, zweiunddreißig)

Greetings and farewells

Thank you, sorry and good wishes

Everyday replies

Numbers 100 to 1,000,000 (hundert, tausend...)

Becoming and getting (werden)

The impersonal pronoun (man)

Indefinite pronouns (jemand, niemand...)

Time sequence prepositions (vor, nach, bei)

Time span prepositions (von... bis, seit, für)

Adverbs of sequence (zuerst, dann, danach)

Two-way prepositions for direction (in, auf, an...)

Directional adverbs (hin, her)

Placement verbs (setzen, stellen, legen)

Months of the year (Januar, Februar)

The four seasons (Frühling, Sommer)

Time prepositions and indefinite pronouns (an, in, um)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 19th (am ersten)

Ordinals 20th and beyond (-ste, -sten)

Placement vs. location verbs (stellen vs. stehen)

Accusative reflexive pronouns (mich, dich, sich)

Accusative reflexive verbs (sich freuen)

Dative reflexive pronouns (mir, dir, sich)

Dative reflexive verbs (sich etwas merken)

Ordinal numbers 11th to 19th (-te)

Temporal prepositions (an, in, um)

Double objects with nouns

Double objects with pronouns

The modal verb for advice (sollen)

Simple past of modal verbs (musste, wollte...)

Simple past of common irregulars (wurde, wusste, es gab)

Adverbial connectors of consequence (deshalb, darum...)

Subordinate clauses for statements (dass)

Question	Answer
the roster	der Dienstplan
because of you / for your sake	deinetwegen
We did not change the roster because of you.	Wir haben den Dienstplan nicht deinetwegen geändert.
the oxygen	der Sauerstoff
because of us / for our sake	unsertwegen
The oxygen is not becoming scarce because of us.	Der Sauerstoff wird nicht unsertwegen knapp.
for her sake / because of them	ihretwegen
the airlock	die Luftschleuse
We are waiting for Anna and opening the airlock for her sake.	Wir warten auf Anna und öffnen ihretwegen die Luftschleuse.
for my sake / for all I care	meinetwegen
the gravity	die Schwerkraft
For all I care, we can reduce the gravity now.	Meinetwegen können wir die Schwerkraft jetzt reduzieren.
because of him / for his sake	seinetwegen
Because of him, we adjusted the roster.	Seinetwegen haben wir den Dienstplan angepasst.
the solar cell	die Solarzelle
Are they repairing the solar cell for her sake at a quarter past three?	Reparieren sie die Solarzelle ihretwegen um Viertel nach drei?
Do you really have to change the gravity because of us?	Müsst ihr die Schwerkraft wirklich unsertwegen ändern?
We checked the airlock because of you.	Wir haben die Luftschleuse deinetwegen geprüft.
For all I care, we do not need oxygen from the bottle.	Meinetwegen brauchen wir keinen Sauerstoff aus der Flasche.
Is the solar cell not working because of him?	Funktioniert die Solarzelle seinetwegen nicht?