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Deren
deren
deren
Dutch
Verb
deren
- (transitive) to harm
Inflection
| Inflection of deren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | deren | |||
| past singular | deerde | |||
| past participle | gedeerd | |||
| infinitive | deren | |||
| gerund | deren n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | deer | deerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | deert | deerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | deert | deerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | deert | deerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | deert | deerde | ||
| plural | deren | deerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | dere | deerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | deren | deerden | ||
| imperative sing. | deer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | deert | |||
| participles | derend | gedeerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Related terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːʁən/
- Rhymes: -eːʀən
Pronoun
deren
- (relative) whose, of which (genitive of die, both inflected forms of der).
- (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 |