bemerken
German, verb/bəˈmɛʁkən/
bemerken is spelled B-E-M-E-R-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bemerken is a German verb meaning “to notice, to perceive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu Bewusstsein kommen; etwas wahrnehmen”.
What does bemerken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to notice, to perceive
Hast du das Schild bemerkt, an dem wir gerade vorbeikamen?
- 2
to remark, to mention, to note
Die Zeitung bemerkte, dass dies eine häufige Art von Unfällen sei.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zu Bewusstsein kommen; etwas wahrnehmen 2. einen mündlichen (veraltet auch einen schriftlichen) und oft eher kürzeren Beitrag leisten; etwas sagen
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 bemerken
- bemerkt present singular third-person
- bemerkte past
- haben auxiliary
- bemerkend participle present
- bemerke first-person indicative present
- bemerkst indicative present second-person
- bemerkest second-person singular subjunctive
- bemerket plural second-person subjunctive
- bemerkten first-person indicative plural
- bemerktest indicative preterite second-person
- bemerktet indicative plural preterite
- bemerk imperative second-person singular
- habe bemerkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bemerkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bemerke! imperative singular
- bemerk! imperative singular
- bemerkt! imperative plural
- bemerkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bemerken?
- /bəˈmɛʁkən/
- [bəˈmɛɐ̯kŋ]
- [bəˈmɛʁkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bemerken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bemerken in German?
bemerken appears 7.6 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).