bedenken

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch bedenken, from Old Dutch *bithenkan, *bithenkon, from Proto-West Germanic *biþankijan, from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ denken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈdɛŋkə(n)/ Hyphenation: be‧den‧ken Rhymes: -ɛŋkən === Verb === bedenken (transitive) to bethink (transitive) to think of, to make up (reflexive) to reconsider, to change one's mind ==== Usage notes ==== The reflexive form has a different meaning, but is sometimes used with the same meaning as the non-reflexive form. This is marked. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: bedenk === Anagrams === bekenden == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bedenken, from Old High German pidenken, bidenken, bithenken, from Proto-West Germanic *biþankijan, from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną, equivalent to be- +‎ denken. Cognate with English bethink, Dutch bedenken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈdɛŋkŋ̍/, /bəˈdɛŋkən/ === Verb === bedenken (irregular weak, third-person singular present bedenkt, past tense bedachte, past participle bedacht, past subjunctive bedächte, auxiliary haben) to consider, bethink Synonym: überdenken to keep in mind Synonym: denken an to remember (someone) in one's will; to gift (someone) with; to treat (someone) to (reflexive) to think; consider (before making a decision) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Bedenken bedenkend bedacht bedächtig bedenklich ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “bedenken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bedenken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bedenken” in Duden online “bedenken” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *bithenkan, *bithenkon, from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ denken. === Verb === bedenken to consider, to decide to think of, to make up (reflexive) to think, to ponder (reflexive) to realise (reflexive) to reconsider, to change one's mind ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== bedenkelike bedenkenisse ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: bedenken Limburgish: bedinke === Further reading === “bedenken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bedenken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN