denke
Central Franconian
Etymology
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
Verb
denke (third-person singular present denk or denkt, past tense daach or daacht, past participle jedaach or gedaacht)
- (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...
- Dat hatt ich mer allt jedaach, datt dä widder net kütt...
Usage notes
- The inflected forms with final -t are Moselle Franconian, those without are Ripuarian.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
denke
Anagrams
German
Verb
denke
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of denken.
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of denken.
- (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of denken.
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of denken.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German denken, Dutch denken, English think.
Verb
denke
- to think
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