gedenken
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch gedenken, from Old Dutch *gethenken. Equivalent to ge- + denken.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gedenken
- (transitive) to remember, to commemorate
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of gedenken (weak with past in -cht, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | gedenken | |||
past singular | gedacht | |||
past participle | gedacht | |||
infinitive | gedenken | |||
gerund | gedenken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | gedenk | gedacht | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | gedenkt | gedacht | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | gedenkt | gedacht | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | gedenkt | gedacht | ||
3rd person singular | gedenkt | gedacht | ||
plural | gedenken | gedachten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | gedenke | gedachte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | gedenken | gedachten | ||
imperative sing. | gedenk | |||
imperative plur.1 | gedenkt | |||
participles | gedenkend | gedacht | ||
1) Archaic. |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German gedenken, from Old High German gidenken. By surface analysis, ge- + denken.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gedenken (irregular weak, third-person singular present gedenkt, past tense gedachte, past participle gedacht, past subjunctive gedächte, auxiliary haben)
- to remember, commemorate
- An diesem Tag gedenken wir der Opfer.
- On this day we remember the victims.
- to intend
- Wann gedenkst du, heute Abend nach Hause zu kommen?
- When do you intend to come home this evening?
Usage notes[edit]
In the formal standard language, this verb (in the first sense) is mostly construed with a genitive object as above (wir gedenken der Opfer). However, a dative object is sometimes encountered, particularly in less formal contexts (wir gedenken den Opfern). To preserve the object after nominalisation (das Gedenken), the preposition an intervenes (in stillem Gedenken an die Opfer), echoing the fixed construction denken an ("to think of/about"). Analogous use of the verb gedenken (wir gedenken an die Opfer) is not unheard-of, but usually considered an instance of hypercorrection.
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | gedenken | ||||
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present participle | gedenkend | ||||
past participle | gedacht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gedenke | wir gedenken | i | ich gedenke | wir gedenken |
du gedenkst | ihr gedenkt | du gedenkest | ihr gedenket | ||
er gedenkt | sie gedenken | er gedenke | sie gedenken | ||
preterite | ich gedachte | wir gedachten | ii | ich gedächte1 | wir gedächten1 |
du gedachtest | ihr gedachtet | du gedächtest1 | ihr gedächtet1 | ||
er gedachte | sie gedachten | er gedächte1 | sie gedächten1 | ||
imperative | gedenk (du) gedenke (du) |
gedenkt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading[edit]
- “gedenken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “gedenken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “gedenken” in Duden online
- “gedenken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish[edit]
Verb[edit]
gedenken (third-person singular present gedenkt, preterite geduecht, past participle geduecht or geduet, past subjunctive gediecht, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to remember, to commemorate
Conjugation[edit]
Irregular with past tense | ||||
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infinitive | gedenken | |||
participle | geduecht | |||
auxiliary | hunn | |||
present indicative |
past indicative |
conditional | imperative | |
1st singular | gedenken | geduecht | gediecht | — |
2nd singular | gedenks | geduechts | gediechts | gedenk |
3rd singular | gedenkt | geduecht | gediecht | — |
1st plural | gedenken | geduechten | gediechten | — |
2nd plural | gedenkt | geduecht | gediecht | gedenkt |
3rd plural | gedenken | geduechten | gediechten | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Derived terms[edit]
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms prefixed with ge-
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛŋkən
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛŋkən/3 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch verbs
- Dutch transitive verbs
- Dutch weak verbs (-cht)
- Dutch prefixed verbs
- Dutch prefixed verbs with ge-
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms prefixed with ge-
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German irregular weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German terms with usage examples
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish verbs with past tense