Pronoun
denen
Pronunciation: /ˈdeːnən/
(to) whom; (to) which (relative, dative plural)
A2
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Meanings
Pronoun
- (to) whom; (to) which (relative, dative plural)
- (to) them; (to) those (demonstrative, dative plural)
Example sentence
Wer sind die Leute, mit denen ich sie gesehen habe?
Who are the people that I saw her with?
Usage
- die Freunde, denen ich helfe — The relative pronoun is dative because helfen takes the dative.
- mit denen — A dative preposition also requires denen for a plural antecedent.
Die Freunde, denen wir helfen, ziehen heute um.
The friends we are helping are moving today.