Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch erkennen. Equivalent to er- +‎ kennen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛrˈkɛnə(n)/, /ərˈkɛnə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: er‧ken‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɛnən

Verb edit

erkennen

  1. (transitive) to acknowledge, to recognize

Inflection edit

Inflection of erkennen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive erkennen
past singular erkende
past participle erkend
infinitive erkennen
gerund erkennen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular erken erkende
2nd person sing. (jij) erkent erkende
2nd person sing. (u) erkent erkende
2nd person sing. (gij) erkent erkende
3rd person singular erkent erkende
plural erkennen erkenden
subjunctive sing.1 erkenne erkende
subjunctive plur.1 erkennen erkenden
imperative sing. erken
imperative plur.1 erkent
participles erkennend erkend
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: erken
  • Negerhollands: erken

German edit

Etymology edit

er- +‎ kennen

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈkɛnən/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: er‧ken‧nen

Verb edit

erkennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present erkennt, past tense erkannte, past participle erkannt, past subjunctive erkennte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to recognize, perceive
    Ich habe dich mit diesem Hut nicht erkannt.
    I didn't recognize you in that hat.
  2. to realize, detect, see, know, identify, discover, understand

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German irkennen; equivalent to er- +‎ kennen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /eʀˈkænen/, [ɐˈkænən], [ɛə̯-]

Verb edit

erkennen (third-person singular present erkennt, past participle erkannt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to recognise

Conjugation edit

Regular
infinitive erkennen
participle erkannt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular erkennen
2nd singular erkenns erkenn
3rd singular erkennt
1st plural erkennen
2nd plural erkennt erkennt
3rd plural erkennen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.