Noun
die Erinnerung
Pronunciation: /ɛɐˈʔɪnəʁʊŋ(k)/
memory (recall); remembrance
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plural Erinnerungen
Meanings
Noun
- memory (recall); remembrance
- reminder, something that reminds
- memento, the objects wherewith the memory is supported
- a kind of legal recourse in civil procedure
Example sentence
Ich habe keine Erinnerung daran, was geschehen ist.
I have no memory of what happened.
Word forms
singular
die Erinnerung
plural
die Erinnerungen
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Erinnerung
Accusativedie Erinnerung
Dativeder Erinnerung
Genitiveder Erinnerung
Plural
Nominativedie Erinnerungen
Accusativedie Erinnerungen
Dativeden Erinnerungen
Genitiveder Erinnerungen
Usage
- eine Erinnerung an etwas — The remembered thing follows an plus accusative.
- in Erinnerung bleiben — A common expression meaning remain in someone's memory.
Die Erinnerung an diesen Sommer ist noch sehr lebendig.
The memory of that summer is still very vivid.