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denken.

to think

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈdɛŋkən/[ˈdɛŋkən][ˈdɛŋʔŋ̍]
  1. to think

    intransitive · irregular · rare · transitive · weak
    Ich denke, also bin ich.
    Er denkt gewichtige Dinge.
  2. not to forget; to remember

    intransitive · irregular · weak
    Denk an den Schlüssel!
  3. to imagine

    dative · irregular · reflexive · transitive · weak
    Das kann ich mir denken.
    Ich denke ihn mir als bärtigen Einsiedler.
  4. to think, to believe, to assume, to conjecture

    dative · irregular · reflexive · transitive · weak
    Ja, das dachte ich mir.
Where this word comes from

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).

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