# Pensieve By J.K. Rowling - the pensieve is a shallow dish that is carrying powerful enhantments. - it creates re-livable memories even for a second party - it takes all the subconscious and recreates the memory - it can reveal one's secrets and thus many are afraid of using one - the pensieve can be used to examine and sort thoughts and ideas, but it is very difficult to do so. - then pensieve is a very personal item and usually burried with its owner after death - the Hogwarts Pensieve is however a shared pensieve, used by all the headmasters and so contains a powerful library of reference, containing the life experiences in form of memories. >[!info] The name ‘Pensieve’ is a homonym of ‘pensive’, meaning deeply, seriously thoughtful; but it is also a pun, the ‘sieve’ part of the word alluding to the object’s function of sorting meanings from a mass of thoughts or memories. source: [pottermore](https://www.harrypotter.com/de/writing-by-jk-rowling/pensieve) ### German Terminology Der deutsche Ausdruck ist **Denkarium**. pensive bedeutet nachdenklich