whose

An interrogative and relative determiner used to ask about or indicate possession or relationship. It refers to people and sometimes things.

• 🇩🇪Interrogatives oder relatives Wort, das den Besitz oder die Zugehörigkeit angibt. Es fragt danach, wem etwas gehört, oder leitet einen Relativsatz ein, der eine Zugehörigkeit ausdrückt.

1. Interrogative possession A2 formal

   Used in questions to ask who owns something or has a particular relationship with someone or something.

   • Whose book is this?
   • Whose car is parked outside?
   • Whose idea was it?

   🇩🇪Fragende Zugehörigkeit

2. Relative possession B1 formal

   Used to introduce a relative clause that indicates possession or association, referring back to a person (and occasionally a thing) mentioned earlier.

   • The man whose car was stolen called the police.
   • I have a friend whose brother lives in Japan.
   • The company whose profits doubled last year.

   🇩🇪Relativer Besitz