dessen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsən/, [ˈdɛsən], [ˈdɛsn̩]

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Pronoun

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

• 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

Declension of der
	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

• “dessen” in Duden online
• Ver­wendung von „deren“ und „derer“ in Duden online.
• “dessen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache