denken
Middle Low German
/deŋkən/
verb
Definitions
- to think, to perceive
Etymology
Inherited from Old Saxon thenkian inherited from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (think, perceive, percieve, suppose).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þankijaną
Gloss
think, perceive, percieve, suppose
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
思, 考
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterthink English
- badthink English
- bethink English
- crimethink English
- doublethink English
- forethink English
- forthink English
- goodthink English
- groupthink English
- herdthink English
- interthink English
- misthink English
- outthink English
- overthink English
- rethink English
- think English
- think meat English
- thinkable English
- thinker English
- thinkest English
- thinketh English
- thinking English
- thinko English
- thinksome English
- thinky English
- umbethink English
- underthink English
- unthink English
- unthinkable English
- whaddayathink English
- wrongthink English
- aandenken Dutch, Flemish
- achterdenken Dutch, Flemish
- bedenken Dutch, Flemish
- denkbaar Dutch, Flemish
- denken Dutch, Flemish
- denker Dutch, Flemish
- denkpiste Dutch, Flemish
- denkraam Dutch, Flemish
- denkrimpel Dutch, Flemish
- denktank Dutch, Flemish
- doordenken Dutch, Flemish
- gedenken Dutch, Flemish
- herdenken Dutch, Flemish
- indenken Dutch, Flemish
- kruispuntdenken Dutch, Flemish
- marktdenken Dutch, Flemish
- meedenken Dutch, Flemish
- nadenken Dutch, Flemish
- overdenken Dutch, Flemish
- toedenken Dutch, Flemish
- uitdenken Dutch, Flemish
- verdenken Dutch, Flemish
- vrijdenker Dutch, Flemish
- wensdenken Dutch, Flemish
- *teng- Proto-Indo-European
- mistenke Norwegian Bokmål
- tenke Norwegian Bokmål
- tenkelig Norwegian Bokmål
- tenker Norwegian Bokmål
- tenketank Norwegian Bokmål
- tenkning Norwegian Bokmål
- *þankijaną Proto-Germanic
- tänka Swedish
- geþeaht Old English
- þeaht Old English
- þencan Old English
- þenċan Old English
- thinken Middle English
- þekkja Old Norse
- þenkja Old Norse
- þekkja Icelandic
- denken Middle Dutch
- denken Old High German
- teinkja Faroese
- 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *þankijan gmw-pro
- thenken Old Dutch
- andenken Middle Low German
- danke Middle Low German
- thenkian Old Saxon
- undarthenkian Old Saxon
- þænkia Old Swedish
- thenka Old Frisian
- tik Volapük
- tikön Volapük
- ting Tok Pisin
- tingting Tok Pisin
- denken Low German
- thænkia Old Danish
- denki Sranan Tongo
- tink Nigerian Pidgin