dessen meaning and definition in german
![<span class="pron">/ˈdɛsən/</span> , <span class="pron">[ˈdɛsən]</span> , <span class="pron">[ˈdɛsn̩]</span> top meaning sound audo pronunciation play](https://toplexicon.com/inc/images/sound.png)
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Another common mistake is a double-genitive construction such as the following: Nach dem Tod seines Vaters wurde er Leiter dessen Betriebes. — “After the death of his father, he became the director of the latter’s company.” Since dessen/deren are substantival pronouns, not determiners, they can never have another genitive following them. The correct phrase reads: Nach dem Tod seines Vaters wurde er Leiter von dessen Betrieb. The mistake is from hypercorrection: the exaggerated desire to avoid the preposition von (“of”).