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German
Pronunciation
Pronoun
dessen (relative or demonstrative)
- genitive masculine/neuter singular of der
- (relative) whose, of which
- (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).
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