Gedenkstätte
German, noun/ɡəˈdɛŋkˌʃtɛtə/
Gedenkstätte is spelled G-E-D-E-N-K-S-T-Ä-T-T-E (12 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedenkstätte is a German feminine noun meaning “memorial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Platz, der dazu eingerichtet und vorgesehen ist, dass man sich etwas Vergangenes ins Gedächtnis rufen…”.
What does Gedenkstätte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininememorial
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Platz, der dazu eingerichtet und vorgesehen ist, dass man sich etwas Vergangenes ins Gedächtnis rufen kann/soll
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 Gedenkstätte
- Gedenkstätten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gedenkstätte?
- /ɡəˈdɛŋkˌʃtɛtə/
- [ɡəˈdɛŋkˌʃtɛtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gedenkstätte in German?
Gedenkstätte appears 4.2 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).