tinke

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thenka, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-.

Cognate with Danish tænke, Dutch denken, English think, German denken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪŋkə/

Verb

tinke

1. to think

Inflection

Strong class 1
infinitive	tinke
3rd singular past	tocht
past participle	tocht
infinitive	tinke
long infinitive	tinken
gerund	tinken n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	tink	tocht
2nd singular	tinkst	tochtst
clitic form	tinksto	tochtsto
3rd singular	tinkt	tocht
plural	tinke	tochten
imperative	tink
participles	tinkend	tocht

Further reading

• “tinke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011