Word
Meine Freundin sucht eine Zeitschrift, deren Titel sie gestern gelesen hat.
Meaning
My friend is looking for a magazine whose title she read yesterday.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Meine Freundin sucht eine Zeitschrift, deren Titel sie gestern gelesen hat.
What is the role of deren in this sentence?
deren is a genitive relative pronoun. It refers back to eine Zeitschrift (feminine singular) and expresses possession: “a magazine whose title ….”
Why is deren used instead of dessen?
German has two genitive relative pronouns:
Why do we need the genitive case here?
We’re indicating a possessive relationship between Zeitschrift and Titel (“the title of the magazine”). In German, possession is normally shown by the genitive, so a genitive relative pronoun is the most concise way to say “whose.”
What does deren translate to in English?
Why is hat placed at the end of the relative clause?