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Came to quickly check the difference between wessen and dessen.wWhats the difference please? Also couldn’t find dessen in the dictionary.
“wessen” is “whose” as a question word and free relative pronoun.
– Wessen Kuchen ist das?
– Wessen Kuchen das ist, steht auf dem Schild.
“dessen” is Genitive of “der, das”, so it’s of it, of him, of whom, of which.
– Das ist das Einhorn, dessen Bierflaschen in meinem Garten liegen.
– That’s the unicorn, whose beer bottles lie in my yard.
Does that help? If not, let me know please, I might miss a stumbling block here.
I think so. I’ll probably come back to this.
So basically wessen relates directly or indirectly to a question.
Eg wessen Hund die Kekse gegessen hat, wird intensiv diskutiert
And in this case its not about a question and would be dessen:
Auf dem Bild ist ein Mensch , dessen Gesicht grün ist
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Exactly!