methinks

Meaning

It seems to me.

Synonyms

think

🤔

meseems

opine

reckon

seem

I think

guess

reckon on

Translations

يبدو لي

dünken

mich dünkt

νομίζω

paraître

sembler

apparoir

parere

me dunkt

dunken

🤔

me parece

parecer

galiba

zannederim

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɪˈθɪŋks/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: mē thyncth

In summary

From Old English mē þynceþ (from þyncan (“to seem”)); equivalent to me (indirect object pronoun, as in “show me it”) + think (“to seem”). Compare synonymous Flemish me dunkt, German mir/mich dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir). Compare meseems.