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

Concepts

think

consider

meditate

judge

reflect

believe

ponder

reason

deem

conceive

remember

contemplate

imagine

cogitate

opine

suppose

understand

thought

think about

feel

guess

mull

muse

ruminate

speculate

study

витиеватоopine

aim to do

bear in mind

know

admire

introduce something

expect

think carefully

be of the opinion

realize

reckon

anticipate

call

envision

figure

forecast

foretell

promise

recall

recollect

remind

cast about

excogitate

mull over

ratiocinate

think over

brood

deliberate

drink in

examine

scratch one’s head

wonder

administer justice

appreciate

assess

estimate

evaluate

qualify

try

regard

value

design

devise

invent

think up

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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