"denken" meaning in Old High German

See denken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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). Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*þankijan}} Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*þankijaną}} Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, {{cog|osx|thenkian}} Old Saxon thenkian, {{cog|odt|thenken}} Old Dutch thenken, {{cog|ang|þencan}} Old English þencan, {{cog|non|þekkja}} Old Norse þekkja, {{cog|got|𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan) Head templates: {{head|goh|verb}} denken Inflection templates: {{goh-conj-wk1|denk|dah}} Forms: weak [table-tags], denken [infinitive], denku [first-person, present, singular], dahta [first-person, past, singular], denkis [present, second-person, singular], denkist [present, second-person, singular], dahtōs [past, second-person, singular], denktōst [past, second-person, singular], denkit [present, singular, third-person], dahta [past, singular, third-person], denkem [first-person, plural, present], denkemēs [first-person, plural, present], dahtum [first-person, past, plural], dahtumēs [first-person, past, plural], denket [plural, present, second-person], dahtut [past, plural, second-person], denkent [plural, present, third-person], dahtun [past, plural, third-person], denke [first-person, present, singular], dahti [first-person, past, singular], denkēs [present, second-person, singular], denkēst [present, second-person, singular], dahtīs [past, second-person, singular], dahtīst [past, second-person, singular], denke [present, singular, third-person], dahti [past, singular, third-person], denkēm [first-person, plural, present], denkēn [first-person, plural, present], dahtīm [first-person, past, plural], dahtīn [first-person, past, plural], dahtīmēs [first-person, past, plural], denkēt [plural, present, second-person], dahtīt [past, plural, second-person], denkēn [plural, present, third-person], dahtīn [past, plural, third-person], denki [present, singular], denket [plural, present], denkenti [present], gidaht [past], thenken [alternative]
  1. to think
    Sense id: en-denken-goh-verb-ci5lfH8k Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries
     
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        {
          "lang": "Alemannic German",
          "lang_code": "gsw",
          "word": "tenke"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Cimbrian",
              "lang_code": "cim",
              "word": "dénkhan"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Mòcheno",
              "lang_code": "mhn",
              "word": "denken"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "lang_code": "bar"
        },
        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "denken"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "denken",
          "word": "דענקען"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "word": "denken"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*þankijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þankijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þankijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þankijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "thenkian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon thenkian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "thenken"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch thenken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "þencan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English þencan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "þekkja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse þekkja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-conj-wk1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dahta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "denkis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtōs",
          "dahtos#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denktōst",
      "links": [
        [
          "denktōst",
          "denktost#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkemēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkemēs",
          "denkemes#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtumēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtumēs",
          "dahtumes#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denket",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēs",
          "denkes#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēst",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēst",
          "denkest#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīs",
          "dahtis#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīst",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīst",
          "dahtist#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēm",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēm",
          "denkem#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēn",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēn",
          "denken#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīm",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīm",
          "dahtim#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīn",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīn",
          "dahtin#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīmēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīmēs",
          "dahtimes#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēt",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēt",
          "denket#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīt",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīt",
          "dahtit#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēn",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēn",
          "denken#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīn",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīn",
          "dahtin#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denket",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkenti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gidaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thenken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "denken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "denk",
        "2": "dah"
      },
      "name": "goh-conj-wk1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to think"
      ],
      "id": "en-denken-goh-verb-ci5lfH8k",
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "denken"
}

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          "lang": "Alemannic German",
          "lang_code": "gsw",
          "word": "tenke"
        },
        {
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              "lang": "Cimbrian",
              "lang_code": "cim",
              "word": "dénkhan"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Mòcheno",
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              "word": "denken"
            }
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          "word": "denken"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "denken",
          "word": "דענקען"
        }
      ],
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      "word": "denken"
    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þankijan",
      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "goh",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þankijaną",
      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "Old Dutch thenken",
      "name": "cog"
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  "forms": [
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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          "dahtōs",
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        ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denktōst",
      "links": [
        [
          "denktōst",
          "denktost#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkemēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkemēs",
          "denkemes#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtumēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtumēs",
          "dahtumes#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denket",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēs",
          "denkes#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēst",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēst",
          "denkest#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīs",
          "dahtis#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīst",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīst",
          "dahtist#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēm",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēm",
          "denkem#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēn",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēn",
          "denken#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīm",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīm",
          "dahtim#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīn",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīn",
          "dahtin#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīmēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīmēs",
          "dahtimes#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēt",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēt",
          "denket#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīt",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīt",
          "dahtit#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkēn",
      "links": [
        [
          "denkēn",
          "denken#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahtīn",
      "links": [
        [
          "dahtīn",
          "dahtin#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denket",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denkenti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gidaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thenken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "denken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "denk",
        "2": "dah"
      },
      "name": "goh-conj-wk1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old High German class 1 weak verbs",
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German verbs",
        "Pages with 8 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to think"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "denken"
}

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