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Denken

Denken

See also: denken

German

Noun

Denken n (genitive Denkens, no plural)

  1. gerund of denken; thinking, thought(s)

Declension

See also

denken

denken

See also: Denken

German

Etymology

From Old High German denken, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-. Compare Low German denken, dinken, Dutch denken, West Frisian tinke, English think, Icelandic þekkja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛŋkŋ̩/, /ˈdɛŋkən/

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to think
  2. (transitive) to consider
  3. (reflexive, with dative) to imagine

Conjugation

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Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon thenkian.

Verb

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

  1. to think

Conjugation


Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German denken, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdæŋkən/

Verb

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

  1. to think

Conjugation

Irregular with past tense
infinitive denken
participle geduecht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
past
indicative
conditional imperative
1st singular denken duecht diecht
2nd singular denks duechts diechts denk
3rd singular denkt duecht diecht
1st plural denken duechten diechten
2nd plural denkt duecht diecht denkt
3rd plural denken duechten diechten
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms


Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeŋkən/

Verb

denken

  1. to think

Conjugation

Descendants


Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /denkən/

Etymology

From Old Saxon thenkian, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną. Cognate with Dutch denken and English think.

Verb

denken

  1. to think, to perceive

Related terms

Descendants


Old High German

Etymology

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

Descendants