dünken
التعريفات والمعاني
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈdʏŋkn], [ˈdʏŋkn̩]
=== Verb ===
dünken (irregular weak, third-person singular present dünkt, past tense deuchte, past participle gedeucht, past subjunctive dünkte, auxiliary haben)
(archaic, intransitive or transitive) to seem (to appear)
mich (mir) dünkt ― methinks
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
Gutdünken
=== Further reading ===
“dünken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)
“dünken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“dünken” in Duden online
“dünken” in OpenThesaurus.de
== Low German ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Low German dünken, from Old Saxon thunkian.
Cognate with Old English þyncan (English think), Old Dutch *thunken (Dutch dunken), Old High German dunken (German dünken), Old Norse þykja (Swedish tycka), Gothic 𐌸𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þugkjan).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈdʏŋkn], [ˈdʏŋkn̩]
=== Verb ===
dünken (third-person singular simple present dücht or dünkt, past tense düch, past participle dücht, auxiliary verb hebben)
(copulative) to seem
Mi dücht dat Weder vundaag bannig störmsch. ― The weather seems me stormy today.
(impersonal) to think, to consider
Mi dücht, ik müss seggt hebben: Geern, mien Jehann! ― I think I should have said: Of course, my Jehann!.
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
gootdünken