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wessen (interrog. pron., gen. of "wer" or "was")
   whose; (of) what

Die Frage bleibt nur weiterhin: auf wessen Kosten?
The question remains: at whose cost?
Wessen Buch ist das?
Whose book is that? (to whom does it belong?)
Wessen wird sie beschuldigt?
What is she accused of?

Related:
dessen its, his, whose (relative pronoun, genitive case)
der Wesfall genitive case (Genitiv)
weshalb/weswegen why = warum
wer, wen, wem, wessen who, whom, to whom, whose

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