thenken

Middle English

Verb

thenken (third-person singular simple present thenketh, present participle thenkende, first-/third-person singular past indicative thoght, past participle ithoght)

1. Alternative spelling of thinken.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan.

Verb

thenken

1. to think

Inflection

Conjugation of thenken (weak class 1 j-present)

infinitive	thenken
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	thenco, thencon	thāhta
2nd person singular	thenkis, thenkist	thāhtos
3rd person singular	thenkit	thāhta
1st person plural	thenken	thāhtun
2nd person plural	thenkit	thāhtut
3rd person plural	thenkent	thāhtun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	thenke	thāhti
2nd person singular	thenkes, thenkest	thāhtis
3rd person singular	thenke	thāhti
1st person plural	thenken	thāhtin
2nd person plural	thenket	thāhtit
3rd person plural	thenken	thāhtin
imperative	present
singular	thenki
plural	thenkit
participle	present	past
	thenkendi	thāht, githāht

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: denken
  • Dutch: denken
    • Afrikaans: dink, denk
    • Jersey Dutch: dänke
    • Negerhollands: denk, dink, diṅk, diṅg, diṅ
    • → Aukan: denki
    • → Sranan Tongo: denki
      • → Caribbean Javanese: dèngki
      • → Saramaccan: tínga
  • Limburgish: dinke

Further reading

• “thenken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

• denken

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, akin to Old Saxon thenkian, Old Dutch thenken, Old English þencan, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan).

Verb

thenken

1. to think

Descendants

• Middle High German: denken
  • Alemannic German: tenke
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: dénkhan

    Mòcheno: denken

  • German: denken
  • Yiddish: דענקען (denken)