denen

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːnən/

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• Homophone: dehnen

denen (relative or demonstrative)

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

denen

1. (archaic or dialectal) dative plural of der

• 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!”)

• “denen” in Duden online

denen

1. Alternative form of dynnen

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.