whom

whom
pronoun
1) interrog. wen; as indirect object wem

to whom/of whom did you speak? — mit wem/von wem haben Sie gesprochen?

2) rel. den/die/das; pl. die; as indirect object dem/der/dem; pl. denen

the children, the mother of whom ... — die Kinder, deren Mutter ...

five children, all of whom are coming — fünf Kinder, die alle mitkommen

ten candidates, only the best of whom ... — zehn Kandidaten, von denen nur die besten ...

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[hu:m]
pronoun ((used as the object of a verb or preposition, but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who) what person(s)(?): Whom/who do you want to see?; Whom/who did you give it to?; To whom shall I speak?) wen, wem
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whom
[hu:m]
pron (form)
1. interrog, after vb or prep wem dat, wen akk
\whom did you want to see? zu wem wollten Sie?
\whom did he marry? wen hat er geheiratet?
to \whom do you wish to speak? mit wem möchten Sie sprechen?
2. rel (with defining clause) der/die/das
the women \whom you mentioned are all former employees die Frauen, die Sie erwähnt haben, sind alles ehemalige Angestellte
3. rel (with non-defining clause) der/die/das
he took out a photo of his son, \whom he adores er nahm ein Foto von seinem Sohn heraus, den er vergöttert
all/none/several [or some] of \whom von denen alle/keiner/einige
he came home with his drinking pals, all of \whom were drunk er kam mit seinen Trinkkumpanen nach Hause, die alle betrunken waren
three men, none of \whom she had ever seen before, came knocking at her door drei Männer klopften an ihre Tür, die sie nie zuvor gesehen hatte
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[huːm]
pron
1) (interrog) (acc) wen; (dat) wem
2) (rel) (acc) den/die/das; (dat) dem/der/dem

..., all/both of whom were drunk — ..., die alle/beide betrunken waren

none/all of whom — von denen keine(r, s)/alle

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whom [huːm]
A int pr
1. wen
2. (Objektkasus von academic.ru/82194/who">who):
of whom von wem;
to whom wem;
by whom durch wen
3. wem:
whom does she serve?
B rel pr
1. (verbunden) welch(en, e, es), den (die, das):
the man whom you saw
2. (unverbunden) wen; den(jenigen), welchen; die (-jenige), welche; pl die(jenigen), welche:
whom the gods love die young (Sprichwort) wen die Götter lieben, der stirbt jung
3. (Objektkasus von who):
of whom von welch(em, er, en), dessen, deren;
to whom dem (der, denen);
all of whom were dead welche alle tot waren
4. welche(em, er, en), dem (der, denen):
the master whom she serves der Herr, dem sie dient
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pronoun
1) interrog. wen; as indirect object wem

to whom/of whom did you speak? — mit wem/von wem haben Sie gesprochen?

2) rel. den/die/das; pl. die; as indirect object dem/der/dem; pl. denen

the children, the mother of whom ... — die Kinder, deren Mutter ...

five children, all of whom are coming — fünf Kinder, die alle mitkommen

ten candidates, only the best of whom ... — zehn Kandidaten, von denen nur die besten ...

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pron.
wen pron.

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