denen

== German == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdeːnən/ Homophone: dehnen === Pronoun === denen (relative or demonstrative) dative plural of der (relative): (to) whom, (to) which, that (demonstrative): (to) that, (to) him/her === Article === denen (archaic or dialectal) dative plural of der ==== Usage notes ==== In Early Modern German, denen was not rarely used before nouns, especially in a demonstrative sense. This latter use is still found in regional speech, often when emphatic: Mit denen Idioten will ich nix zu tun haben! (“I want nothing to do with those idiots!”) === Further reading === “denen” in Duden online == Middle English == === Verb === denen alternative form of dynen (“to resound”) == Middle High German == === Pronoun === dënen dative plural of dër Joseph Diemer (editor), Die Kaiserchronik nach der æltesten Handschrift des Stiftes Vorau. Aufgefunden mit einer Einleitung Anmerkungen und den Lesarten der zunæchst stehenden Hss. Theil I, Wien, 1849, p. 298, ll. 7f.: uon dënen niwen buochen nehan wir iuden nehain ruoche.