Accusative, Dative & Genitive versions of "man" ie: "one"
I understand that "man" is used much more frequently in German where "one" or "you" may be used in English. What is the form of this pronoun in the accusative, dative and genitive.

For example, the accusative would be "oneself" and the genitive would be "one's"; or do they do something completely different altogether?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Question

Accusative, Dative & Genitive versions of "man" ie: "one"
I understand that "man" is used much more frequently in German where "one" or "you" may be used in English. What is the form of this pronoun in the accusative, dative and genitive.

For example, the accusative would be "oneself" and the genitive would be "one's"; or do they do something completely different altogether?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer

Hello Sam,
"Man" is only used as "Nomintativ",never as Genitiv,Dativ or Akkustativ.
Example:
"Man soll dankbar sein, wenn einem ein guter Rat gegeben wird."

In other cases of akkusativ and dativ  "einer" is used instead( with its different endings depending on its position in akkusativ or dativ).
Man moechte einem etwas Besseres raten.
Man sollte einen finden, der das Auto reparieren kann.
It is never used on the other hand with genitiv.
Best Wishes :)

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