gedenken
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch gedenken, from Old Dutch *gethenken. Equivalent to ge- + denken.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gedenken
- (transitive) to remember, to commemorate
Inflection edit
Inflection of gedenken (weak with past in -cht, prefixed) | ||||
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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 | 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. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German gedenken, from Old High German gidenken. By surface analysis, ge- + denken.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gedenken (irregular weak, third-person singular present gedenkt, past tense gedachte, past participle gedacht, past subjunctive gedächte, auxiliary haben)
- to remember, commemorate
- An diesem Tag gedenken wir der Opfer.
- On this day we remember the victims.
- to intend
- Wann gedenkst du, heute Abend nach Hause zu kommen?
- When do you intend to come home this evening?
Usage notes edit
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 edit
infinitive | gedenken | ||||
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present participle | gedenkend | ||||
past participle | gedacht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gedenke | wir gedenken | i | ich gedenke | wir gedenken |
du gedenkst | ihr gedenkt | du gedenkest | ihr gedenket | ||
er gedenkt | sie gedenken | er gedenke | sie gedenken | ||
preterite | ich gedachte | wir gedachten | ii | ich gedächte1 | wir gedächten1 |
du gedachtest | ihr gedachtet | du gedächtest1 | ihr gedächtet1 | ||
er gedachte | sie gedachten | er gedächte1 | sie gedächten1 | ||
imperative | gedenk (du) gedenke (du) |
gedenkt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Verb edit
gedenken (third-person singular present gedenkt, preterite geduecht, past participle geduecht or geduet, past subjunctive gediecht, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to remember, to commemorate
Conjugation edit
Irregular with past tense | ||||
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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. |