andenken (das man von jemandem geschenkt bekommt)

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Definition of andenken (das man von jemandem geschenkt bekommt) in German English dictionary

keepsake

Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons

She gave him a lock of hair as a keepsake of their time together.

Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings

anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver

Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship

A keepsake is a small present that someone gives you so that you will not forget them. = memento. a small object that you keep to remind you of someone = memento (Because you " keep" it for the " sake" of (that is, to be reminded of) the person who gave it to you)

{i} souvenir, object kept as a reminder of an event (or experience, etc.)

something of sentimental value