Gedächtnis
German, noun/ɡəˈdɛç(t).nɪs/
Gedächtnis is spelled G-E-D-Ä-C-H-T-N-I-S (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,473rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedächtnis is a German neuter noun meaning “memory (ability to recall)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fähigkeit, Erlebnisse und Sinneseindrücke zu speichern, um sich später wieder daran erinnern zu können”.
What does Gedächtnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermemory (ability to recall)
fotografisches Gedächtnis.
- 2
neuterremembrance
Tut dies zu meinem Gedächtnis.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fähigkeit, Erlebnisse und Sinneseindrücke zu speichern, um sich später wieder daran erinnern zu können 2. Erinnerung an eine Person oder ein Ereignis 3. kirchliche Veranstaltung, um einer Person zu gedenken
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 Gedächtnis
- Gedächtnisses genitive
- Gedächtnisse plural
- Gedächtnissen dative definite plural
- Gedächtniss alternative obsolete
- Gedächtniß alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gedächtnis?
- /ɡəˈdɛç(t).nɪs/
- [ɡəˈdɛçtnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gedächtnis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gedächtnis in German?
Gedächtnis appears 13 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).