think

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
2. (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
3. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
4. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
5. (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
6. (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
7. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
8. To presume; to venture.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of think so.

Noun

An act of thinking; consideration (of something).

Sinonieme

consider

reflect

believe

suppose

ponder

imagine

meditate

deem

remember

cogitate

reckon

conceive

opine

guess

contemplate

judge

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regard

intend

reason

feel

expect

know

deliberate

mean

ruminate

assume

muse

surmise

plan

speculate

fancy

think about

account

recall

figure

think over

understand

call to mind

reflect on

presume

hold

estimate

meditate upon

say

🗣️

recollect

want

calculate

wish

brood

conjecture

Vertalings

penser

🤔

denken

🤔

pensar

🤔

pensare

🤔

réfléchir

denken

🤔

pensar

🤔

achar

🔍

croire

düşünmek

🤔

riflettere

nachdenken

🤔

pensar

🤔

nadenken

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/θɪŋk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: thinken

Geërf van Old English: þenċan

Verwante met Skots: think

Verwante met Noord-Fries: teenk

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: toanke

Verwante met Fries: tinke

Verwante met Nederlands: denken

Verwante met Afrikaans: dink

Verwante met Nederduits: denken

Verwante met Duits: denken

Verwante met Deens: tænke

Verwante met Sweeds: tänka

Verwante met Boeknoors: tenke

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: tenkja

Verwante met Yslands: þekkja

Verwante met Latyn: tongeō

Geërf van Old English: þyncan

Verwante met Nederlands: dunken

Verwante met Duits: dünken

Verwante met Deens: tykkes

Verwante met Sweeds: tycka

Verwante met Yslands: þykja

In summary

From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).
Cognate with Scots think, thynk (“to think”), North Frisian teenk, taanke, tanke, tånke (“to think”), Saterland Frisian toanke (“to think”), West Frisian tinke (“to think”), Dutch denken, dinken (“to think”), Afrikaans dink (“to think”), Low German denken, dinken (“to think”), German denken (“to think”), Danish tænke (“to think”), Swedish tänka (“to think”), Norwegian Bokmål tenke (“to think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tenkja (“to think”), Icelandic þekkja (“to know, recognise, identify, perceive”), Latin tongeō (“know”).

Sinne

What do you think of him ?

Oh , I think you are right .

I will think about what to buy .

However , I do not think it is impossible .

I think it was last Thursday , but I am not sure .

I think we can do better after the boat sails .