Genitive in Use: Possession, Prepositions, dessen/deren
Explicação
At A2 the genitive was a table. At B1 it shows up in three concrete places — and the third, dessen/deren, is where most candidates stall in the reading paper.
Masculine and neuter: des + -(e)s on the noun. Feminine and plural: der, noun unchanged.
1. Possession
das Auto meines Vaters · die Meinung meiner Mutter
2. Genitive prepositions
| Preposition | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wegen | because of |
| trotz | despite |
| während | during |
| statt / anstatt | instead of |
| mithilfe | with the help of |
3. Relative pronouns dessen / deren
Both mean "whose". dessen for masculine and neuter, deren for feminine and plural.
⚠️ Watch out
✗ Der Mann, dessen sein Auto gestohlen wurde
✓ Der Mann, dessen Auto gestohlen wurde
dessen is already possessive; adding sein doubles it.
🧠 des + -s for masculine and neuter · plain der for feminine and plural · dessen/deren carry the possession on their own.
Exemplos
Wegen des schlechten Wetters mussten wir den Ausflug absagen.
Because of the bad weather we had to cancel the trip.
Der Zeuge, dessen Aussage entscheidend war, erschien nicht.
The witness whose statement was decisive did not appear.
Mithilfe ihrer Kollegen konnte sie das Projekt abschließen.
With the help of her colleagues she managed to complete the project.
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