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Emil liest die Gedenktafel an der Hauswand laut vor. Emil reads the plaque on the wall of the building out loud.

noun · C1

die Gedenktafel

[ɡəˈdɛŋkˌtaːfl̩]

commemorative plaque, memorial plaque

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Other Examples

  • Eine Gedenktafel erinnert an eine Ärztin, die hier jahrzehntelang Kinder aus dem Kiez behandelte.

    A plaque commemorates a doctor who treated the neighbourhood's children here for decades.

  • Ich gehe jeden Tag an der Gedenktafel vorbei, ohne sie wirklich zu lesen.

    I walk past the plaque every day without really reading it.

  • Wisst ihr, für wen die Gedenktafel am Eckhaus angebracht wurde?

    Do you know who the plaque on the corner building was put up for?

Grammar

Plural
die Gedenktafeln In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Gedenktafel die Gedenktafeln
Eine Gedenktafel erinnert an eine Ärztin, die hier jahrzehntelang Kinder aus dem Kiez behandelte. A plaque commemorates a doctor who treated the neighbourhood's children here for decades.
Accusative wen? was? die Gedenktafel die Gedenktafeln
Dative wem? der Gedenktafel den Gedenktafeln
Genitive wessen? der Gedenktafel der Gedenktafeln

How the Word Is Built

Ge prefix denk root tafel root

ge-
in nouns, often a group or a result: das Gebäude (building), das Geschenk (gift); in verbs, the past participle: gekauft.

A compound: Gedenk + die Tafel

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

gedenkendas Denkmaldenkendie Tafel

In Otti's situations: Emil and the history of Berlin's streets

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