gedenken

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

• “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