# dergleichen

dergleichen is a German pronoun meaning “such”.

## Meanings

1. _invariable_ such
   - Dergleichen Fälle gibt es hier zuhauf. — Such cases are numerous around here.
2. _invariable_ suchlike, the like
   - Mörder, Totschläger und dergleichen — murderers, manslaughterers and suchlike

## Examples

- Du wirst nichts dergleichen tun! — You'll do no such thing.
- Ich kann mich nicht erinnern, dergleichen gesagt zu haben. — I don't remember saying anything like that.
- Tom sagte, dass nichts dergleichen je wieder vorkäme. — Tom said that nothing like that would ever happen again.
- Niemand sah je dergleichen. — No one had ever seen the like.
- Nichts dergleichen ist wahr. — Nothing like that is true.

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