denkste.
Emphasizes that something is not, or has not turned out, as one would have expected, often expressing irritation at this and/or characterizing the expectation as naive.
Meaning & usage
Emphasizes that something is not, or has not turned out, as one would have expected, often expressing irritation at this and/or characterizing the expectation as naive.
Nach 3:0 zur Halbzeit war der Sieg natürlich fest eingeplant. Denkste! 3:3 stand's am Ende.
Um den Vertrag zu kündigen, muss ich da doch einfach anrufen, oder? — Ja, denkste! So leicht machen die's dir nicht.
Where this word comes from
From denkst + -e. The idiomatic sense is an ellipsis of a phrase such as das denkste wohl / vielleicht (“that's what you may think”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.