# der und der

der und der is a German det meaning “so-and-so”.

## Meanings

1. so-and-so, this or that, (a) certain (one); used to stand in for definite referents that were specified in a different speech context, and whose specificity in that context is highlighted in the current one, but whose actual identity is not relevant in the current context.
   - Er meinte dann zu mir, dass ich doch einfach den und den hätte fragen können, oder in dem und dem Buch hätte nachschlagen können. — And he told me that I could've just asked so-and-so, or looked it up in this or that book.

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