denken

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === (dialectal) dinken === Etymology === From Middle Dutch denken, from Old Dutch thenken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛŋkə(n)/ Hyphenation: den‧ken Rhymes: -ɛŋkən === Verb === denken (intransitive) to think [with aan ‘about, of’] Ik denk vaak aan mijn vriendin. ― I often think about my girlfriend. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== 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 === kenden, kneden == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German denken, from Old High German denken, thenken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-. Cognate with Bavarian denkn, denka, Dutch denken, dinken, Low German denken, dinken, West Frisian tinke, English think, Icelandic þekkja, Yiddish דענקען (denken). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛŋkən/, [ˈdɛŋkən], [ˈdɛŋʔŋ̍] === Verb === denken (irregular weak, third-person singular present denkt, past tense dachte, past participle gedacht, past subjunctive dächte, auxiliary haben) (intransitive or rarely transitive) to think [with an (+ accusative) ‘about something’ or (rare) accusative ‘something, e.g. a thought’] (intransitive) not to forget; to remember [with an (+ accusative) ‘something to be brought along, etc.’] (transitive, dative reflexive) to imagine (transitive, dative reflexive) to think, to believe, to assume, to conjecture ==== Usage notes ==== Denken originally took a genitive object (ich denke deiner instead of ich denke an dich). This usage is now archaic. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “denken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “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 === dinken === 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) to think ==== Conjugation ==== == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German denken, from Old High German denken, 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) to think ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch thenken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdeŋkən/ === Verb === denken to think ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== dinken ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: denken, (dialectal) dinkenAfrikaans: dink, denkJersey Dutch: dänkeNegerhollands: denk, dink, diṅk, diṅg, diṅ→ Aukan: denki→ Sranan Tongo: denki→ Caribbean Javanese: dèngki→ Saramaccan: tínga Limburgish: dinke === Further reading === “denken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “denken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle Low German == === Etymology === From Old Saxon thenkian, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną. Cognate with Dutch denken and English think. === Pronunciation === (originally) IPA(key): /deŋkən/ === Verb === denken to think, to perceive ==== Related terms ==== andenken ==== Descendants ==== Low German: denken, dinken Plautdietsch: denkjen → Old Norse: þenkja Icelandic: þenkja Faroese: teinkja Norwegian Nynorsk: tenke, tenka, tenkje, tenkja Norwegian Bokmål: tenke Old Swedish: þænkia Swedish: tänka Old Danish: thænkæ Danish: tænke Elfdalian: taintja Gutnish: tänke Scanian: tæńḱa → Polabian: denkot == Mòcheno == === Etymology === From Middle High German denken, from Old High German denken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to perceive, think”). Cognate with German denken, English think. === Verb === denken to think === References === “denken” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy. == Old High German == === Alternative forms === thenken === 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 to think ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: denken Alemannic German: tenke Bavarian: Cimbrian: dénkhan Mòcheno: denken German: denken Yiddish: דענקען (denken)