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German

Etymology

wieder +‎ erkennen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːdɐʔɛɐ̯ˌkɛnən/
  • Hyphenation: wie‧der‧er‧ken‧nen
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Verb

wiedererkennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present erkennt wieder, past tense erkannte wieder, past participle wiedererkannt, past subjunctive erkennte wieder, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to recognize
    • 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Gespenster:
      Ich dachte: »Wie schwer es doch sein muss, ein Haus hier wiederzuerkennen
      I thought, “How difficult it must be to recognise a house here.”

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