gedenken

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gedenken

  1. (transitive) to remember, to commemorate

Inflection

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 gedenkgedacht
2nd person sing. (jij) gedenktgedacht
2nd person sing. (u) gedenktgedacht
2nd person sing. (gij) gedenktgedacht
3rd person singular gedenktgedacht
plural gedenkengedachten
subjunctive sing.1 gedenkegedachte
subjunctive plur.1 gedenkengedachten
imperative sing. gedenk
imperative plur.1 gedenkt
participles gedenkendgedacht
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gedenken, from Old High German gidenken. By surface analysis, ge- + denken.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to remember, commemorate
    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?

Usage notes

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

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Verb

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

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.