denken

See also: Denken

Dutch

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch thenken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛŋkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: den‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb

denken

  1. (intransitive) to think [+ aan (object) = about, of]
    Ik denk vaak aan mijn vriendin.I often think about my girlfriend.

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dink, denk
  • Jersey Dutch: dänke
  • Negerhollands: denk, dink, diṅk, diṅg, diṅ
  • Aukan: denki
  • Sranan Tongo: denki
    • Caribbean Javanese: dèngki
    • Saramaccan: tínga

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German thenken, denken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-. Cognate with Bavarian denkn, denka, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), dinken, West Frisian tinke, English think, Icelandic þekkja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛŋkən/, [ˈdɛŋkən], [ˈdɛŋʔŋ̍]
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Verb

denken (irregular weak, third-person singular present denkt, past tense dachte, past participle gedacht, past subjunctive dächte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, [an (about) + accusative], rarely transitive) to think
    Ich denke, also bin ich.
    I think, therefore I am.
    Er denkt gewichtige Dinge.
    He is thinking weighty thoughts.
    Ich denke an früher.
    I am thinking about the past.
  2. (intransitive, with an + accusative) not to forget; to remember (to bring along, etc.)
    Denk an den Schlüssel!
    Don’t forget the key.
  3. (transitive, with reflexive dative) to imagine
    Das kann ich mir denken.
    I can imagine that.
    Ich denke ihn mir als bärtigen Einsiedler.
    I imagine him as a bearded hermit.
  4. (transitive, with reflexive dative) to think, to believe, to assume, to conjecture
    Ja, das dachte ich mir.
    Yes, I thought so.

Usage notes

Denken originally took a genitive object (ich denke deiner instead of ich denke an dich). This usage is now archaic.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • denken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • denken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • denken” in Duden online
  • denken” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • denken on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Saxon thenkian, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-.

Verb

denken (third-person singular simple present denkt, past tense dach, past participle dacht, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to think

Conjugation

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdæŋken/, [ˈdæŋ.kən]

Verb

denken (third-person singular present denkt, preterite duecht or duet, past participle geduecht or geduet, past subjunctive diecht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to think

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thenken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeŋkən/

Verb

denken

  1. to think

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive denken
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive denken
In genitive denkens
In dative denkene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular denke
2nd singular dencs, denkes
3rd singular denct, denket
1st plural denken
2nd plural denct, denket
3rd plural denken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular denke
2nd singular dencs, denkes
3rd singular denke
1st plural denken
2nd plural denct, denket
3rd plural denken
Imperative Present
Singular denc, denke
Plural denct, denket
Present Past
Participle denkende

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Limburgish: dinke

Further reading

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon thenkian, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and English think.

Pronunciation

  • (originally) IPA(key): /deŋkən/

Verb

denken

  1. to think, to perceive

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Old Norse: þenkja
    • Faroese: teinkja
    • Norwegian: tenke
    • Old Swedish: þænkia
    • Old Danish: thænkæ
    • Elfdalian: taintja
    • Gutnish: tänke
    • Scanian: tæńḱa

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (to perceive, think). Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), English think.

Verb

denken

  1. to think

References

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, akin to Old Saxon thenkian, Old Dutch thenken, Old English þencan, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan).

Verb

denken

  1. to think

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Alemannic German: tenke
    • Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: dénkhan
      Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Yiddish: דענקען (denken)
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