Whose - Dessen (The 331st Most Common German Word)
In German, the word for Whose is Dessen. It is the 331st most commonly used word in German, classified as a A1 word. It can be used as pronoun. This word often comes up when talking about ownership. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.
Pronunciation
English:
whose
German:
dessen
Examples
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The house whose roof you see over there is my father's. | Das Haus, dessen Dach Sie dort drüben sehen, gehört meinem Vater. |
Soon we saw a house whose roof was red. | Bald sahen wir ein Haus, dessen Dach rot war. |
God is a circle whose circumference is a straight line. | Gott ist ein Kreis, dessen Umfang eine Gerade ist. |
A convict of Collin's stamp, whom you see before you, is a man less weak-kneed than others; he lifts up his voice against the colossal fraud of the Social Contract, as Jean Jacques did, whose pupil he is proud to declare himself. | Ein Sträfling vom Schlage Collins ist einer, der kein Feigling ist; er erhebt sich gegen die Mißstände in der menschlichen Gesellschaft, wie Jean-Jacques sagt, zu dessen Schülern ich mich mit Stolz zähle. |
Only those nations can make progress whose people are healthy. | Nur diejenigen Nationen kann Fortschritte machen, dessen Menschen sind gesund. |
I've seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors, and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job. | Ich habe sie in dem Familienunternehmen gesehen, dessen Eigentümer lieber das eigene Gehalt kürzen würden, als ihre Nachbarn zu entlassen, und bei den Angestellten, die lieber weniger arbeiten würden als zu sehen, wie ihr Freund seinen Arbeitsplatz verliert. |
You owe one to the man whose heart you ripped apart because you didn't know what you were doing, just like you owe an apology to this girl, who is laying on this table, losing blood, | Sie schulden Sie dem Mann, dessen Herz Sie zerpflückt haben, eine, weil Sie nicht wussten, was Sie tun, genau wie Sie diesem Mädchen eine Entschuldigung schulden, das auf diesem Tisch liegt und Blut verliert, |
Help a friend who is going through a hard time do her laundry, or give a ride to a friend whose car broke down. | Mach die Wäsche für eine Freundin, die eine schwere Zeit durchmacht oder leiste Fahrdienste für einen Freund, dessen Auto kaputt ist. |
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Deeming it a legitimate military target, whose destruction offers a definite military advantage. | Es wurde als legitimes militärisches Ziel eingeschätzt, dessen Zerstörung einen eindeutigen militärischen Vorteil bietet. |
Formula string whose result yields the test string. | Formelstring, dessen Ergebnis den Prüfstring ergibt. |
Visuman shall be the visual man, whose communication skills are principally visual. | Visuman sei der visuelle Mensch, dessen Kommunikationsform vornehmlich visuell ist. |
Indigo whose structure provides greater stability in all lands. | Indigo, dessen Struktur in allen Ländern für mehr Stabilität sorgt. |
A Shaman whose favourite power is Darkness. | Ein Schamane, dessen bevorzugte Kraft die Dunkelheit ist. |
An area whose geological heritage is protected by UNESCO. | Ein Gebiet, dessen geologisches Erbe von der UNESCO geschützt ist. |
Mark the directory whose subdirectories you wish to reorder. | Markieren Sie das Verzeichnis, dessen Unterverzeichnisse Sie neu ordnen wollen. |
Ecological catastrophe is a trauma whose perpetrators and victims are ill defined. | Die ökologische Katastrophe ist ein Trauma, dessen Täter und Opfer schlecht definiert sind. |
Any node whose expanded QName shall be determined. | Ein beliebiger Knoten, dessen expandierter QName ermittelt werden soll. |
Select the merchant whose agreement you want to cancel... | Wählen Sie den Händler aus, dessen Vereinbarung Sie stornieren möchten... |
Everyone whose sovereignty is changed should be given dual citizenship. | Jedem, dessen Souveränität geändert wird, sollte doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft gegeben werden. |
Pin selects the pin whose name is assigned to the imported pin. | Pin wählt den Pin aus, dessen Name für den importierten Pin verwendet wird. |
Football players in mini-football are playing with a smaller ball, whose rebound from the surface is much smaller. | Fußballspieler im Minifußball spielen mit einem kleineren Ball, dessen Abprall von der Oberfläche viel geringer ist. |
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