"denken" meaning in Dutch

See denken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛŋkə(n)/ Audio: Nl-denken.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛŋkən Etymology: From Middle Dutch denken, from Old Dutch thenken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|denken}} Middle Dutch denken, {{inh|nl|odt|thenken}} Old Dutch thenken, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*þankijan}} Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*þankijaną}} Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, {{der|nl|ine-pro|*teng-}} Proto-Indo-European *teng- Head templates: {{nl-verb}} denken Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk-cht|denk||da}} Forms: weak [table-tags], denken [infinitive], denken [gerund, neuter], denk [first-person, present, singular], dacht [first-person, past, singular], denkt [present, second-person, singular], denk [present, second-person, singular], dacht [past, second-person, singular], denkt [formal, present, second-person, singular], dacht [formal, past, second-person, singular], denkt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], denkt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], dacht [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], dacht [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], denkt [present, singular, third-person], dacht [past, singular, third-person], denken [plural, present], dachten [past, plural], denke [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], dachte [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], denken [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], dachten [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], denk [imperative, present, singular], denkt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], denkend [participle, present], gedacht [participle, past], dinken [alternative]
  1. (intransitive) to think [with aan ‘about, of’] Tags: intransitive

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "dink",
            "3": "denk"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: dink, denk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: dink, denk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-jdt",
            "2": "dänke"
          },
          "expansion": "Jersey Dutch: dänke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Jersey Dutch: dänke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "denk",
            "3": "dink",
            "4": "diṅk",
            "5": "diṅg",
            "6": "diṅ"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: denk, dink, diṅk, diṅg, diṅ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: denk, dink, diṅk, diṅg, diṅ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "djk",
            "2": "denki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aukan: denki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aukan: denki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "denki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sranan Tongo: denki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sranan Tongo: denki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jvn",
            "2": "dèngki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Caribbean Javanese: dèngki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Caribbean Javanese: dèngki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srm",
            "2": "tínga",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Saramaccan: tínga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Saramaccan: tínga"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "denken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch denken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "thenken"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch thenken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*þankijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þankijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þankijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þankijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*teng-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *teng-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch denken, from Old Dutch thenken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-wk-cht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dachten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dachte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dachten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gedacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dinken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "denken",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "den‧ken"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "denk",
        "2": "",
        "3": "da"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-wk-cht"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch weak verbs (-cht)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "achterdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "bedenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "denker"
        },
        {
          "word": "denkfout"
        },
        {
          "word": "denkvermogen"
        },
        {
          "word": "doemdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "doordenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "gedenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "herdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "hokjesdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "indenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "kruispuntdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "meedenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "nadenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "omdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "overdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "terugdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "toedenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "uitdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "verdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "vooruitdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "wegdenken"
        },
        {
          "word": "wensdenken"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I often think about my girlfriend.",
          "text": "Ik denk vaak aan mijn vriendin.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to think"
      ],
      "id": "en-denken-nl-verb-ci5lfH8k",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": ":aan<about, of>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with aan ‘about, of’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "aan",
              "‘about",
              "of’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to think [with aan ‘about, of’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛŋkə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-denken.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/Nl-denken.ogg/Nl-denken.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Nl-denken.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛŋkən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "denken"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "achterdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "bedenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "denker"
    },
    {
      "word": "denkfout"
    },
    {
      "word": "denkvermogen"
    },
    {
      "word": "doemdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "doordenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "gedenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "herdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "hokjesdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "indenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "kruispuntdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "meedenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "nadenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "omdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "overdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "terugdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "toedenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "uitdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "verdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "vooruitdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "wegdenken"
    },
    {
      "word": "wensdenken"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "dink",
            "3": "denk"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: dink, denk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: dink, denk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-jdt",
            "2": "dänke"
          },
          "expansion": "Jersey Dutch: dänke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Jersey Dutch: dänke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "denk",
            "3": "dink",
            "4": "diṅk",
            "5": "diṅg",
            "6": "diṅ"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: denk, dink, diṅk, diṅg, diṅ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: denk, dink, diṅk, diṅg, diṅ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "djk",
            "2": "denki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aukan: denki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aukan: denki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "denki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sranan Tongo: denki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sranan Tongo: denki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jvn",
            "2": "dèngki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Caribbean Javanese: dèngki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Caribbean Javanese: dèngki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srm",
            "2": "tínga",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Saramaccan: tínga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Saramaccan: tínga"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "denken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch denken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "thenken"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch thenken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*þankijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þankijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þankijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þankijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*teng-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *teng-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch denken, from Old Dutch thenken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-wk-cht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dachten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dachte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
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          "english": "I often think about my girlfriend.",
          "text": "Ik denk vaak aan mijn vriendin.",
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    },
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}

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