wiedererkennen
German, verb
wiedererkennen is spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-E-R-K-E-N-N-E-N (14 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wiedererkennen is a German verb meaning “to recognize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wiedererkennen is a different word: “gerund of wiedererkennen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas oder jemanden aus der Erinnerung richtig zuordnen können”.
What does wiedererkennen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recognize
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wiedererkennen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas oder jemanden aus der Erinnerung richtig zuordnen können
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 wiedererkennen
- erkennt wieder present singular third-person
- erkannte wieder past
- wiedererkannt participle past
- erkennte wieder past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- wiedererkennend participle present
- wiederzuerkennen infinitive infinitive-zu
- erkenne wieder first-person indicative present
- erkennen wieder first-person indicative plural
- erkennst wieder indicative present second-person
- erkennest wieder second-person singular subjunctive
- erkennet wieder plural second-person subjunctive
- erkannten wieder first-person indicative plural
- erkennten wieder first-person formal plural
- erkanntest wieder indicative preterite second-person
- erkanntet wieder indicative plural preterite
- erkenntest wieder formal rare second-person
- erkenntet wieder formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wiedererkennen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wiedererkennen in German?
wiedererkennen appears 1.4 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).