deren

See also: Deren, dereń, and Dereń

Basque

Noun

deren

  1. genitive indefinite of de

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dēren, from Old Dutch deren, from Proto-West Germanic *darjan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeːrə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

deren

  1. (transitive) to harm

Inflection

Conjugation of deren (weak)
infinitive deren
past singular deerde
past participle gedeerd
infinitive deren
gerund deren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular deerdeerde
2nd person sing. (jij) deertdeerde
2nd person sing. (u) deertdeerde
2nd person sing. (gij) deertdeerde
3rd person singular deertdeerde
plural derendeerden
subjunctive sing.1 deredeerde
subjunctive plur.1 derendeerden
imperative sing. deer
imperative plur.1 deert
participles derendgedeerd
1) Archaic.

Galician

Verb

deren

  1. third-person plural future subjunctive of dar

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeːʁən/, /ˈdeːɐ̯n/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːʀən

Pronoun

deren (relative or demonstrative)

  1. inflection of der:
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. genitive plural
    3. (relative) whose, of which
    4. (demonstrative) her, their, the latter's

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 either of these forms is missing in some vernaculars.

Consider:

  1. Sie haben ihre Freunde und ihren Sohn eingeladen.
    They have invited their friends and their son.

and

  1. Sie haben ihre Freunde und deren Sohn eingeladen.
    They have invited their friends and their son.

The first sentence relates that the family which invites has a son, thus, they invite friends and that son. In the second sentence, the family invites their friends and a son of the invited family. Compare this behaviour with Ukrainian свій and Ukrainian possessive pronouns:

  1. Вони запросили своїх друзів і свого сина.

vs.

  1. Вони запросили своїх друзів і їхнього сина.

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch deren, from Proto-West Germanic *darjan.

Verb

dēren

  1. to harm, to hurt
  2. to hurt emotionally
  3. to damage

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive dēren
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive dēren
In genitive dērens
In dative dērene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular dēre
2nd singular dēers, dēres
3rd singular dēert, dēret
1st plural dēren
2nd plural dēert, dēret
3rd plural dēren
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular dēre
2nd singular dēers, dēres
3rd singular dēre
1st plural dēren
2nd plural dēert, dēret
3rd plural dēren
Imperative Present
Singular dēer, dēre
Plural dēert, dēret
Present Past
Participle dērende

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: deren
  • Limburgish: dere, dieëre

Further reading

  • deren (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “daren”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page daren
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “deren”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *darjan.

Verb

deren

  1. to harm, to hurt
    • Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible, early 12th century;
      Unson lichamen maht tu daren, the sielen solen zo genathen uaren.
      You can hurt our bodies, the souls will go to (the state of) grace.
  2. to damage

Descendants

Further reading

  • deren”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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