# dem vs dess

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dem
*determiner · IPA [deːm] · frequency rank #22*
[1] Dativ Singular des definiten Artikels der

### dess
*unknown · IPA [ˈdɛ̝sː] · frequency rank #48,817*
3. Person Utrum Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens den

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/dem-vs-dess