erinnern
German, verb
erinnern is spelled E-R-I-N-N-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written German, the 1,516th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erinnern is a German verb meaning “to remind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erinnern is a different word: “gerund of erinnern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Gedächtnis behalten haben”.
What does erinnern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remind
- 2
to remember, to be reminded of
- 3
colloquialrareto remember, to commemorate
- 4
to say, to interject
- 5
nonstandardto remember
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erinnern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. im Gedächtnis behalten haben 2. Erinnerung wachrufen 3. jemanden etwas nicht vergessen lassen 4. durch Ähnlichkeit ins Gedächtnis rufen
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 erinnern
- erinnert present singular third-person
- erinnerte past
- haben auxiliary
- erinnernd participle present
- erinnre first-person indicative present
- erinnere first-person indicative present
- erinner first-person indicative present
- erinnerst indicative present second-person
- erinnerest second-person singular subjunctive
- erinnrest second-person singular subjunctive
- erinneret plural second-person subjunctive
- erinnret plural second-person subjunctive
- erinnerten first-person indicative plural
- erinnertest indicative preterite second-person
- erinnertet indicative plural preterite
- erinnere! imperative singular
- erinnert! imperative plural
- erinnert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erinnern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erinnern in German?
erinnern appears 56 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).