gedenken

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch gedenken, from Old Dutch *gethenken, from Proto-West Germanic *gaþankijan. Equivalent to ge- +‎ denken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈdɛŋkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb

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gedenken

  1. (transitive) to remember, to commemorate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gedenken (weak with past in -cht, prefixed)
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, gedenk2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German gedenken, from Old High German gidenken, from Proto-West Germanic *gaþankijan. Equivalent to ge- +‎ denken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈdɛŋkŋ̩/, /ɡəˈdɛŋkən/

Verb

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gedenken (irregular weak, third-person singular present gedenkt, past tense gedachte, past participle gedacht, past subjunctive gedächte, auxiliary haben)

  1. to remember, to commemorate [with genitive or (less formal) dative ‘someone/something’]
    An diesem Tag gedenken wir der Opfer.
    On this day we remember the victims.
  2. to intend
    Wann gedenkst du, heute Abend nach Hause zu kommen?
    When do you intend to come home this evening?

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • gedenken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gedenken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • gedenken” in Duden online
  • gedenken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

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Verb

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gedenken (third-person singular present gedenkt, preterite geduecht, past participle geduecht or geduet, past subjunctive gediecht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to remember, to commemorate

Conjugation

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Irregular with past tense
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

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