{"id":6474,"date":"2020-01-28T18:07:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T18:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=6474"},"modified":"2020-01-28T18:07:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T18:07:44","slug":"dutch-word-of-the-month-january-herdenking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-word-of-the-month-january-herdenking\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Word of the Month January: Herdenking"},"content":{"rendered":"

January – the first month of the 2020s is coming to a close. This month really stood out with several events that made us stop, think, and look back. From joyful and exciting memories of what the last decade brought us to devastating losses. The word of the month January 2020 is\u00a0herdenking<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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What does it mean?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Koning<\/em> (King) Willem-Alexander and Koningin<\/em> (Queen) Maxima during the Nationale Dodenherdenking<\/em> (National Remembrance of the Dead) at Dam Square in Amsterdam (Image by Marco De Swart at Flickr.com under license CC BY ND 2.0).<\/p><\/div>\n

Herdenking\u00a0<\/em>(remembrance) and the corresponding word\u00a0herdenken\u00a0<\/em>(to remember, to rethink) are used to refer to remembering, commemorating certain events. It is different from\u00a0herinneren\u00a0<\/em>(to remember, to recollect) that the latter is what you can recollect of an experience you’ve went through.\u00a0Herdenken <\/em>does not require that. The noun\u00a0herdenking\u00a0<\/em>specifically refers to an event where something is\u00a0herdacht\u00a0<\/em>(remembered). Here’s the Van Dale definition:<\/p>\n

plechtigheid<\/span><\/em> waarbij iem. of iets herdacht wordt\u00a0<\/em>(ceremony where sb. or something is remembered)<\/span><\/p>\n

Relevance to January<\/strong><\/h2>\n