denke

See also: dɛnkɛ

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German denken, from Old High German denken.

The long vowel of the past forms does not preserve the original Old High German length, but is due to a secondary, regular lengthening before -ch. (Were it original, would it have developed into /ɔː/.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋkə/

Verb

denke (third-person singular present denk or denkt, past tense daach or daacht, past participle jedaach or gedaacht)

1. (most dialects) to think

   Dat hatt ich mer allt jedaach, datt dä widder net kütt...

   I’d already thought by myself that he wouldn’t appear yet again...

Usage notes

• The inflected forms with final -t are Moselle Franconian, those without are Ripuarian.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

denke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of denken

Anagrams

• deken, kende, knede, kneed

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

denke

1. inflection of denken:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Pennsylvania German

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-.

Compare German denken, Dutch denken, English think.

Verb

denke

1. to think