denen

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German

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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denen (relative or demonstrative)

  1. dative plural of der
    1. (relative): (to) whom, (to) which, that
    2. (demonstrative): (to) that, (to) him/her

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denen

  1. (archaic or dialectal) dative plural of der

Usage notes

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  • In Early Modern German, denen was not rarely used before nouns, especially in a demonstrative sense. This latter use is still found in regional speech, often when emphatic: Mit denen Idioten will ich nix zu tun haben! (I want nothing to do with those idiots!)

Further reading

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  • denen” in Duden online

Middle English

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Verb

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denen

  1. Alternative form of dynnen

Middle High German

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Pronoun

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denen

  1. dative plural of der
    • Joseph Diemer (editor), Die Kaiserchronik nach der æltesten Handschrift des Stiftes Vorau. Aufgefunden mit einer Einleitung Anmerkungen und den Lesarten der zunæchst stehenden Hss. Theil I, Wien, 1849, p. 298, ll. 7f.:
      uon denen niwen buochen
      nehan wir iuden nehain ruoche.