andenken
German, verb
andenken is spelled A-N-D-E-N-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andenken is a German verb meaning “to think about, consider” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Andenken is a different word: “memory; remembrance (especially of a deceased person)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “über eine Sache nachzudenken beginnen”.
What does andenken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to think about, consider
noun
- 1
neutermemory; remembrance (especially of a deceased person)
- 2
neutermemento; souvenir (something of emotional value kept as a reminder)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein kleiner Gegenstand, der Erinnerungen an ein bestimmtes Ereignis oder eine bestimmte Person hervorrufen soll 2. bewusstes Erinnern
verb: 1. über eine Sache nachzudenken beginnen 2. Ausdruck der Verwunderung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of andenken
- denkt an present singular third-person
- dachte an past
- angedacht participle past
- dächte an past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- andenkend participle present
- anzudenken infinitive infinitive-zu
- denke an first-person indicative present
- denken an first-person indicative plural
- denkst an indicative present second-person
- denkest an second-person singular subjunctive
- denket an plural second-person subjunctive
- dachten an first-person indicative plural
- dächten an first-person formal plural
- dachtest an indicative preterite second-person
- dachtet an indicative plural preterite
- dächtest an formal rare second-person
- dächtet an formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to andenken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is andenken in German?
andenken appears 4.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).