gedenken
German, verb
gedenken is spelled G-E-D-E-N-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedenken is a German verb meaning “to remember, to commemorate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gedenken is a different word: “remembrance”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Erinnerung an jemand oder etwas pflegen, wachhalten”.
What does gedenken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remember, to commemorate
An diesem Tag gedenken wir der Opfer.
- 2
to intend
Wann gedenkst du, heute Abend nach Hause zu kommen?
noun
- 1
neuterremembrance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Erinnerung an jemand oder etwas pflegen, wachhalten 2. etwas beabsichtigen, planen
noun: 1. Ehrung und Erinnerung an ein vergangenes Ereignis oder eine verstorbene Person
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 gedenken
- gedenkt present singular third-person
- gedachte past
- gedacht participle past
- gedächte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- gedenkend participle present
- gedenke first-person indicative present
- gedenkst indicative present second-person
- gedenkest second-person singular subjunctive
- gedenket plural second-person subjunctive
- gedachten first-person indicative plural
- gedächten first-person formal plural
- gedachtest indicative preterite second-person
- gedachtet indicative plural preterite
- gedächtest formal rare second-person
- gedächtet formal plural rare
- gedenk imperative second-person singular
- habe gedacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gedenken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gedenken in German?
gedenken 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).