Study Resource: The forms of demonstrative pronouns in German

By: Dr. Daniel Krauße

Forms of ‘dies-’ and ‘jen-’

These forms are the same for demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns.

Declension of the German demonstratives dies- and jen-
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative ()	dieserjener	diesejene	diesesjenes	diesejene
Accusative ()	diesenjenen	diesejene	diesesjenes	diesejene
Dative ()	diesemjenem	dieserjener	diesemjenem	diesemjenem
(possessor)	diesesjenes	dieserjener	diesesjenes	dieserjener

The following forms are used when der/die/das is used as a demonstrative pronoun.

Declension of the German demonstrative pronoun der/die/das
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative (subject)	der	die	das	die
Accusative (direct object)	den	die	das	die
Dative (indirect object)	dem	der	dem	denen
Genitive (possessor)	dessen	derer / deren*	dessen	derer / deren*

*Use deren when the pronoun stands before the noun representing what is being possessed, use derer after the noun:

Das ist deren Auto.

That's the car of those.

Das ist das Auto derer, die im Restaurant sitzen.

That's the car of those, who are sitting in the restaurant.

But please note that all genitive demonstratives are hardly ever used in spoken German.

The following forms are used for demonstrative and demonstrative .

Declension of the German demonstratives derjenige and dasselbe
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative ()	derjenigederselbe	diejenigedieselbe	dasjenigedasselbe	diejenigendieselben
Accusative ()	denjenigendenselben	diejenigedieselbe	dasjenigedasselbe	diejenigendieselben
Dative ()	demjenigendemselben	derjenigenderselben	demjenigendemselben	denjenigenderselben
(possessor)	desjenigendesselben	derjenigenderselben	desjenigendesselben	derjenigenderselben

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