mijmeren

Meaning

to think to oneself, ponder, muse

Concepts

muse

dream

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daydream

fancy

think to oneself

fantasise

meditate

ponder

Synonyms

dromen

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nadenken

peinzen

dagdromen

mediteren

zinnen

Translations

songer

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träumen

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schwärmen

fantasiar

devanear

sonhar

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sognare

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grübeln

wähnen

nachsinnen

rêver

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rêver éveillé

rêvasser

Tagträumen

nachdenken

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: mimeren

Inherited from Old Dutch: *mīmrōn

Cognate with Old English: mimorian

In summary

From Middle Dutch mimeren, from Old Dutch *mīmrōn, from Proto-Germanic *mīmrōną (“to think, have in mind, care for”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *smer- (“to fall into thought, remember, care for”). Cognate with Old English mimorian (“to remember, keep in mind”). More at remember.