den
German, pronoun/de(ː)n/
den is spelled D-E-N (3 letters) and appears 10,000 times per million words in written German, the 10th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Den is a German pronoun meaning “that; whom; accusative masculine singular of der” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an accusative masculine singular of der.
What does den mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
that; whom; accusative masculine singular of der
article
- 1
masculineaccusative masculine singular
- 2
dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Denier
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of den
- der definite masculine nominative
- die definite feminine nominative
- das definite neuter nominative
- des definite genitive masculine
- dem dative definite masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce den?
- /de(ː)n/
- [deːn]
- [dɛn ~ den ~ dɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to den
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is den in German?
den appears 10,000 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).