dängke̩
See also: dangke
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
- dengke̩, dingke̩ (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, less common forms, chiefly Southeast Limburgish)
- denke (Veldeke spelling, German-based spelling)
- dänke (Eupen)
Etymology edit
From Old Limburgish denken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dängke̩ (irregular weak, third-person singular present dängk, preterite dach or daat, past participle c͜he̩dach or c͜he̩daat, auxiliary verb han) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, widespread)
- (intransitive, [aan (about) + accusative]) to think
- (intransitive, with aan + accusative) to remember
- (transitive, with reflexive dative) to think, to believe, to assume, to conjecture
- (Southeast Limburgish, transitive, with reflexive dative) to imagine
Usage notes edit
- For dialects that don't distinguish between the accusative and dative for reflexives, an objective reflexive is used.