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gedenken

gedenken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gedenken, from Old High German githenken, surface analysis: ge- + denken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /gəˈdɛŋkŋ̩/, /gəˈdɛŋkən/

Verb

gedenken (strong, third-person singular simple 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).

Conjugation


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