herinneren

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Dutch

Alternative forms

  • herinderen (today a rare misspelling, reflecting informal or dialectal pronunciation)

Etymology

16th century, from German erinnern, from late Middle High German erinnern.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛrˈɪ.nə.rə(n)/, (informal) /ɦɛˈrɪ.nə.rə(n)/, (non-standard; informal or dialectal) /ɦɛˈrɪn.də.rə(n)/
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Verb

herinneren

  1. (transitive, + aan) to remind, prompt
    Zij herinnerde me eraan dat het zondag was.She reminded me that it was Sunday.
  2. (reflexive, ditransitive) to remember, remind oneself, recall
    Synonym: voor de geest halen
    Zij herinnerde zich mijn naam niet meer.She no longer remembered my name.
    Ik heb het al sinds ik het me kan herinneren.I have had it for as long as I can remember.
    Ik meen mij te herinneren dat ik die dag brak was.I think I recall being hungover that day.

Conjugation

Conjugation of herinneren (weak, prefixed)
infinitive herinneren
past singular herinnerde
past participle herinnerd
infinitive herinneren
gerund herinneren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular herinner herinnerde
2nd person sing. (jij) herinnert, herinner2 herinnerde
2nd person sing. (u) herinnert herinnerde
2nd person sing. (gij) herinnert herinnerde
3rd person singular herinnert herinnerde
plural herinneren herinnerden
subjunctive sing.1 herinnere herinnerde
subjunctive plur.1 herinneren herinnerden
imperative sing. herinner
imperative plur.1 herinnert
participles herinnerend herinnerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: herinner