The idea
Ich glaube, + main clause keeps normal word order after the comma. Wohl (probably) signals a guess. Possessive pronouns standing alone take endings: meiner (der Mantel), meine (die Jacke), meins (das Tuch). Der Mantel meiner Freundin is genitive: whose coat. Colours combine as one word: dunkelgrün.
Other ways to say it
“Wir haben unsere Marken wohl vertauscht.” – Explains the mix-up for two people at once.
“Diese Jacke ist leider nicht meine.” – Used when you were handed the wrong item.
Examples
- Ich glaube, ich habe die falsche Garderobenmarke.I think I have the wrong cloakroom token.
- Welche Nummer steht darauf?What number is on it?
- Die Nummer gehört wohl zum Mantel meiner Freundin.The number probably belongs to my friend’s coat.
- Beschreiben Sie bitte Ihren eigenen Mantel.Please describe your own coat.
- Meiner ist dunkelgrün und hat eine Kapuze.Mine is dark green and has a hood.
- Wir prüfen die Zuordnung gemeinsam.We will check the matching together.
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Watch out
“Mein ist dunkelgrün und hat eine Kapuze.” → “Meiner ist dunkelgrün und hat eine Kapuze.”: Without a noun, the possessive must show gender and case itself. Der Mantel is masculine nominative, so it becomes meiner, like English “mine”.
Try it yourself
Translate into German: I think I have the wrong cloakroom token.
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Ich glaube, ich habe die falsche Garderobenmarke.
Ich glaube introduces an uncertain statement; the following clause keeps verb-second order. Die falsche Garderobenmarke is accusative feminine.
Put the words in order: Die / Freundin / gehört / Mantel / meiner / Nummer / wohl / zum
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Die Nummer gehört wohl zum Mantel meiner Freundin.
Gehört zu + dative: zum Mantel. Wohl marks a guess, and meiner Freundin is genitive feminine for whose coat.
Write this sentence in German: We will check the matching together.
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Wir prüfen die Zuordnung gemeinsam.
Prüfen has die Zuordnung as object. Gemeinsam invites the guest to check together with staff.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
Translate into German: I think I have the wrong cloakroom token.
Ich glaube, ich habe die falsche Garderobenmarke.
Put the words in order: Die / Freundin / gehört / Mantel / meiner / Nummer / wohl / zum
Die Nummer gehört wohl zum Mantel meiner Freundin.
Write this sentence in German: We will check the matching together.
Wir prüfen die Zuordnung gemeinsam.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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At the theatre cloakroom, you were given someone else’s jacket. Explain the mix-up and describe your own jacket in two sentences.