erkennen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch erkennen. Equivalent to er- + kennen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛrˈkɛnə(n)/, /ərˈkɛnə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: er‧ken‧nen
- Rhymes: -ɛnən
Verb
erkennen
- (transitive) to acknowledge, to recognize
Conjugation
| Conjugation of erkennen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | erkennen | |||
| past singular | erkende | |||
| past participle | erkend | |||
| infinitive | erkennen | |||
| gerund | erkennen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | erken | erkende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | erkent, erken2 | erkende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | erkent | erkende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | erkent | erkende | ||
| 3rd person singular | erkent | erkende | ||
| plural | erkennen | erkenden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | erkenne | erkende | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | erkennen | erkenden | ||
| imperative sing. | erken | |||
| imperative plur.1 | erkent | |||
| participles | erkennend | erkend | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
German
Etymology
From Middle High German erkennen, from Old High German irkennen, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀkannijan. Equivalent to er- + kennen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈkɛnən/
Audio: (file) Audio (Berlin): (file) - Hyphenation: er‧ken‧nen
Verb
erkennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present erkennt, past tense erkannte, past participle erkannt, past subjunctive erkennte, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to recognize, perceive
- Synonyms: wiedererkennen, wiederkennen
- Ich habe dich mit diesem Hut nicht erkannt.
- I didn't recognize you in that hat.
- to realize, detect, see, know, identify, discover, understand
Conjugation
Conjugation of erkennen (irregular weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | erkennen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | erkennend | ||||
| past participle | erkannt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich erkenne | wir erkennen | i | ich erkenne | wir erkennen |
| du erkennst | ihr erkennt | du erkennest | ihr erkennet | ||
| er erkennt | sie erkennen | er erkenne | sie erkennen | ||
| preterite | ich erkannte | wir erkannten | ii | ich erkennte1 | wir erkennten1 |
| du erkanntest | ihr erkanntet | du erkenntest1 | ihr erkenntet1 | ||
| er erkannte | sie erkannten | er erkennte1 | sie erkennten1 | ||
| imperative | erkenn (du) erkenne (du) |
erkennt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of erkennen (irregular weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “erkennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “erkennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “erkennen” in Duden online
- “erkennen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German irkennen; equivalent to er- + kennen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eʀˈkænen/, [ɐˈkænən], [ɛə̯-]
Verb
erkennen (third-person singular present erkennt, past participle erkannt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to recognise