derentwegen

de|rent|we|gen ['deːrənt'veːgn]

adv

(= weswegen) because of whom, on whose account; (von Sachen) because of which, on account of which; (= welcher zuliebe auch) for whose sake; (von Sachen) for the sake of which; (= um welche) about whom; (von Sachen) about which; (= für welche) on whose behalf

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de·rent·we·gen

[de:rəntˈve:gn̩]

adv

de·rent·hal·ben

[de:rəntˈhalbn̩]

adv (veraltet) on whose account, on account of whom form [or because]; auf Sachen bezogen because [or on account] of which

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1.

Adverb relativ on whose account; on account of whom; because of whom; (von Sachen) on account of which; because of which

2.

demonstrativ because of them

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derenthalben adv obs, derentwegen adv for her (oder their) sake;

die Frau, derenthalben er seine Frau verließ the woman for whom he left his wife, the woman he left his wife for;

die Couch, derenthalben er gekommen war the settee for which he had come

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1.

Adverb relativ on whose account; on account of whom; because of whom; (von Sachen) on account of which; because of which

2.

demonstrativ because of them