denen

See also: Denen

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːnən/

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• Homophone: dehnen

Pronoun

denen (relative or demonstrative)

1. dative plural of der
   1. (relative): (to) whom, (to) which, that
   2. (demonstrative): (to) that, (to) him/her

Article

denen

1. (archaic or dialectal) dative plural of der

Usage notes

• In Early Modern German, denen was not rarely used before nouns, especially in a demonstrative sense. This latter use is still found in regional speech, often when emphatic: Mit denen Idioten will ich nix zu tun haben! (“I want nothing to do with those idiots!”)

Further reading

• “denen” in Duden online

Middle English

Verb

denen

1. Alternative form of dynnen

Middle High German

Pronoun

denen

1. dative plural of der
   • Joseph Diemer (editor), Die Kaiserchronik nach der æltesten Handschrift des Stiftes Vorau. Aufgefunden mit einer Einleitung Anmerkungen und den Lesarten der zunæchst stehenden Hss. Theil I, Wien, 1849, p. 298, ll. 7f.:

     uon denen niwen bu^ochen
     nehan wir iuden nehain ru^oche.