memorial

Denkmal, Gedenkstätte

Ein Gegenstand oder Bauwerk, das an Verstorbene oder ein wichtiges Ereignis erinnert.

In einfachem Englisch: An object or structure built to help people remember someone who died or an important event.

• We left flowers at the memorial.
• The town built a memorial to the soldiers who died.
• Their names appear on several war memorials.

So benutzt man es: a memorial to someone/something (They built a memorial to the flood victims.)

Synonyme: monument

Häufige Wendungen: war memorial, memorial to someone, visit a memorial

Gedenkfeier

Eine Feier zum Gedenken an eine verstorbene Person.

In einfachem Englisch: A ceremony held to remember someone who has died.

• We attended a memorial for our teacher.
• Her friends organized a small memorial at the school.
• Two memorials were held for the victims.

So benutzt man es: a memorial for someone (A memorial for her father will be held on Friday.)

Synonyme: memorial service

Häufige Wendungen: attend a memorial, hold a memorial, memorial for someone

Gedenk-

Geschaffen oder veranstaltet, um an Verstorbene oder ein wichtiges Ereignis zu erinnern.

In einfachem Englisch: Created or held to remember someone who died or an important event.

• They held a memorial service on Sunday.
• A memorial plaque marks the place where she lived.
• The family opened a memorial garden beside the hospital.

Synonyme: commemorative

Häufige Wendungen: memorial service, memorial plaque, memorial garden

in Erinnerung bewahrt

Im Gedächtnis einer Person vorhanden, ohne körperlich greifbar zu sein.

In einfachem Englisch: Existing in a person’s memory rather than as a physical thing.

• The lost house remained a memorial possession.
• He described the memorial images of his childhood.
• These memorial impressions survived long after the journey.

Synonyme: remembered

Häufige Wendungen: memorial possession, memorial image