dessen
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
dessen (relative or demonstrative)
Usage notes edit
- Since dessen and deren are rare in colloquial German, unexercised users of Standard German often make grammatical mistakes in using these pronouns. The most common mistake is to use dessen where deren would be correct (or occasionally vice versa).
Declension edit
Declension of der | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | der | die | das | die |
genitive | dessen | deren younger also: derer |
dessen | derer deren |
dative | dem | der | dem | denen |
accusative | den | die | das | die |
Further reading edit
- “dessen” in Duden online
- Verwendung von „deren“ und „derer“ in Duden online.
- “dessen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache