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dessen

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛsən/, [ˈdɛsən], [ˈdɛsn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: des‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛsn̩, -ɛsən

Pronoun

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dessen (relative or demonstrative)

  1. genitive masculine/neuter singular of der
    1. (relative) whose, of which
    2. (demonstrative) his, its, the latter's

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Declension of der
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative der die das die
genitive dessen deren
derer
dessen deren
derer
dative dem der dem denen
accusative den die das die

Further reading

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