dünken
See also: dunken
German
Etymology
From Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunken, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
- (archaic) to seem (to appear)
- mich dünkt ― methinks
- 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust - Der Tragödie zweiter Teil, page 40:
- Doch was ich mir zum Ziel ersah / Ist oben Frau Victoria / Mit ihrem weißen Flügelpaar, / Sie dünkt sich wohl sie sey ein Aar, / Und wo sie sich nur hingewandt / Gehör’ ihr alles Volk und Land
- But what I envisioned as my goal / Is Lady Victoria up there / With her white paire of wings / It must seem to her that she's an erne.
- 1887, Theodor Storm, Ein Doppelgänger, page 124:
- Aber ihr eigenstes Ich erschien bald wieder; und jetzt – mein Freund, das Geißblatt am Waldesrande, das jetzt wieder blüht, so lieblich, dünkt mich, hat es fast niemals noch geduftet; und das Bild des John Glückstadt trägt nun einen vollen Rosenkranz; seine Tochter hat jetzt mehr an ihm; nicht nur den Vater, sondern einen ganzen Menschen.
- But her selfmost I reappeared soon; and now – my friend, the honeysuckle by the wayside, blooming once again so lovely, methinks, has almost never yet smelled that way; and John Glückstadt's portrait now wears a complete rosary; he means more to his daughter now; not only a father but also a human.
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Further reading
- “dünken” in Duden online
Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon thunkian, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną. Cognate with Old English þyncan (English think), Old Dutch *thunken (Dutch dunken), Old High German dunken (German dünken), Old Norse þykja (Swedish tycka), Gothic 𐌸𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þugkjan).
Pronunciation
Verb
dünken (third-person singular simple present dücht or dünkt, past tense düch, past participle dücht, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (copulative) to seem
- Mi dücht dat Weder vundaag bannig störmsch. — The weather seems me stormy today.
- (impersonal) to think, to consider
- Mi dücht, ik müss seggt hebben: Geern, mien Jehann! — I think I should have said: Of course, my Jehann!.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dünken (irregular weak verb)
infinitive | dünken | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | dünk | düch |
2nd person singular | düchst, dünkst | düchst |
3rd person singular | dücht, dünkt | düch |
plural | dünkt | düchen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | dünk | |
plural | dünkt | |
participle | present | past |
dünken | dücht | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
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