denken

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Meaning

  1. (intransitive,irregular,rare,transitive,weak) to think
  2. (intransitive,irregular,weak) not to forget; to remember
  3. (dative,irregular,reflexive,transitive,weak) to imagine
  4. (dative,irregular,reflexive,transitive,weak) to think, to believe, to assume, to conjecture

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɛŋkən/
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, Low German denken, dinken, West Frisian tinke, English think, Icelandic þekkja.

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