gedenken

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

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈdɛŋkə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

gedenken

1. (transitive) to remember, to commemorate

• herdenken

• gedenkteken
• gedenkwaardig

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdɛŋkŋ̩/, /ɡəˈdɛŋkən/

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?

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.

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

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

1. to remember, to commemorate

• Gedenkfeier
• Gedenkminutt