Meaning
3 senses(interrogative)Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
Whose (wallet) is this?
We should buy a house. ~ With whose money?
(relative)Of whom, belonging to whom.
This is the man whose dog caused the accident.
Venus, whose sister is Serena, won the latest championship.
wessen, dessen, deren
чейčej, че́йныйčéjnyj, чейčej
чийčyj
(relative)Of which, belonging to which.
We saw several houses whose roofs were falling off.
Examples
1030 sentencesI wonder whose idea this was.
Мені цікаво, чия це була ідея. — deniko
ruИнтересно, чья это была идея. — odexed
Do you know whose this is?
Ти знаєш, кому це належить? — deniko
ruТы знаешь, чьё это? — sharptoothed
deWeißt du, wem das hier gehört? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I wonder whose fault that was.
Мені цікаво, чия це була провина. — deniko
I wonder whose dog this is.
Цікаво, чий це собака. — deniko
ruИнтересно, чья это собака. — marafon
Do you know whose car this is?
Ви знаєте, чия ця машина? — deniko
ruВы знаете, чья это машина? — marafon
deWissen Sie, wem dieses Auto gehört? — MUIRIEL
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive caseFrom Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).
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Collocations
12 patterns- whose father is
- a friend whose
- friend whose father
- whose car
- whose turn is
- whose car is
- whose father
- know whose
- friend whose
- whose turn
- whose idea was
- whose fault