Definition
A mental image or thought of a person, thing, or event from the past.
Translations
- English
- memory
- Français
- souvenir
- Türkçe
- hatıra
- Polski
- wspomnienie
- Русский
- воспоминание
- Українська
- спогад
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Erinnerung
- A2
- Noun
- Emotions & Personality
memory
/diː ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪ.nə.ʁʊŋ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Erinnerungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Topics
- Emotions & PersonalityPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Dieses Foto ist eine Erinnerung an unsere Hochzeit.NominativSing.This photo is a reminder of our wedding.
- Ich habe eine schöne Erinnerung an diese Reise.AkkusativSing.I have a beautiful memory of this trip.
- Mit einer Erinnerung an ihre Kindheit lächelte sie.DativSing.With a memory of her childhood, she smiled.
- Die Kraft einer Erinnerung kann sehr groß sein.GenitivSing.The power of a memory can be very great.
- Erinnerungen an den Urlaub bleiben oft lange lebendig.NominativPlur.Memories of the holiday often remain vivid for a long time.
- Viele Menschen bewahren Erinnerungen an wichtige Ereignisse auf.AkkusativPlur.Many people keep memories of important events.
- Sie vertraute ihren Erinnerungen an die gemeinsame Zeit.DativPlur.She confided in her memories of the time they spent together.
- Die Bilder ihrer Erinnerungen verblassten langsam.GenitivPlur.The images in her memories slowly faded.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Erinnerung/ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪ.nə.ʁʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Erinnerung/diː ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪ.nə.ʁʊŋ/
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Plural
Erinnerungen/ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪ.nə.ʁʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Erinnerung | die Erinnerungen |
| Akkusativ | die Erinnerung | die Erinnerungen |
| Dativ | der Erinnerung | den Erinnerungen |
| Genitiv | der Erinnerung | der Erinnerungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine schöne Erinnerung
- Collocationeine Erinnerung an die Kindheit
- Verb constructionsich an eine Erinnerung erinnern + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDiese Erinnerung bleibt lange lebendig.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymGedächtnis — memory
A Erinnerung is usually a single recalled piece of content; Gedächtnis is the ability to recall it.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- erinnern
- erinnerlich
- Erinnerungsvermögen