Erinnerung
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Erinnerung f (genitive Erinnerung, plural Erinnerungen)
- memory (recall); remembrance
- Wenn mich meine Erinnerung nicht trügt...
- If my memory doesn’t fail me...
- reminder, something that reminds
- Nur als Erinnerung: Morgen früh um zehn ist der Sektempfang.
- Just as a reminder: The champagne reception is tomorrow morning at ten.
- memento, the objects wherewith the memory is supported
- Die Sachen in dieser Schublade sind alles Erinnerungen an meine Kindheit.
- The things in this drawer are all mementoes of my childhood.
- (Germany) a kind of legal recourse in civil procedure
Declension
Declension of Erinnerung
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Erinnerung | die | Erinnerungen |
| genitive | einer | der | Erinnerung | der | Erinnerungen |
| dative | einer | der | Erinnerung | den | Erinnerungen |
| accusative | eine | die | Erinnerung | die | Erinnerungen |
Related terms
Further reading
- “Erinnerung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Erinnerung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Erinnerung” in Duden online
Erinnerung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
