dessen

A2 Pronoun frequency rank #272

What dessen means

Pronoun

whose, of which
of that, of it (genitive of der/das)
his, its, the latter's

Forms

Pronoun · dessen (masc., gen.); deren (fem., gen.); derer (fem., gen.); denen (dat., plural)

Pronunciation

dessen in a sentence

Das ist der Mann, dessen Fahrrad gestohlen wurde.

That's the man whose bicycle was stolen.

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dessen is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #272 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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