Verb

merken

Translation

noticed, realized, memorized, remembered

Ich habe mir das Datum gemerkt.

I have memorized the date.

Er hat gemerkt, dass etwas nicht stimmt.

He noticed that something is not right.

sich ((dat.)) ((sth.acc.)) merken to memorize ((sth.)) I memorized the phone number.

((sth.acc.)) merken to notice ((sth.)) She didn't notice his new haircut.

bemerkt (noticed), erkannt (recognized), realisiert (realized); Antonyms: vergessen (forgotten), übersehen (overlooked)

Comes from the past participle prefix ge- combined with the verb stem 'merk-' from 'merken' (to notice, mark).

Imagine you've 'marked' a piece of information in your brain to remember it. That's 'gemerkt'.