erkennen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch erkennen. Equivalent to er- +‎ kennen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛrˈkɛnə(n)/, /ərˈkɛnə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: er‧ken‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɛnən

Verb

erkennen

  1. (transitive) to acknowledge, to recognize

Inflection

Inflection 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 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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: erken
  • Negerhollands: erken

German

Etymology

er- +‎ kennen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈkɛnən/
  • (file)
  • (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)

  1. (transitive) to recognize, perceive
    Ich habe dich mit diesem Hut nicht erkannt.
    I didn't recognize you in that hat.
  2. to realize, detect, see, know, identify, discover, understand

Conjugation

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

Verb

erkennen (third-person singular present erkennt, past participle erkannt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to recognise

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive erkennen
participle erkannt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular erkennen
2nd singular erkenns erkenn
3rd singular erkennt
1st plural erkennen
2nd plural erkennt erkennt
3rd plural erkennen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.