dessen — whose, its, his in German
/ˈdɛsn̩/
Quick Facts
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#85
Practice Path
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Example Sentences
Ich kenne ein Mädchen, dessen Vater Anwalt ist.
I know a girl whose father is a lawyer.
Tom macht sich immer über John wegen dessen Dialekt lustig.
Tom always makes fun of John because of his dialect.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed under CC BY 2.0 FR.
Corpus Neighbors
Related words selected from level, topic, frequency, and word class.
deren
their, whose
der, die, das
who, which, this, that
sein
his, its, their, one's, his or her
ihr
you (pl./informal), her, their, hers, theirs
Ihr
your (formal)
es
it
sich
herself, himself, itself, yourself, themselves, oneself
sie
she, her, they, them, it
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