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Deren

Deren

See also: deren and dereń

German Low German

Noun

Deren

  1. plural of Deer

deren

deren

See also: Deren and dereń

Galician

Verb

deren

  1. third-person plural future subjunctive of dar

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeːʁən/
  • Rhymes: -eːʀən

Pronoun

deren

  1. (relative) whose, of which (genitive of die, both inflected forms of der).
  2. (demonstrative) her, their, the latter's (genitive of die, both inflected forms of der)

Usage notes

Among unexercised users of formal standard German, one can frequently read or hear dessen when deren would be correct (or occasionally vice versa), since neither of these forms is used in normal vernacular German.

Declension

Relative pronoun:

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

Demonstrative pronoun:

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