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German
Etymology
From Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan.
Pronunciation
Verb
dünken (irregular weak, third-person singular present dünkt, past tense deuchte, past participle gedeucht, past subjunctive dünkte, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic) (intransitive or transitive) to seem (to appear)
- mich (mir) dünkt ― methinks
1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]:Doch was ich mir zum Ziel ersah / Ist oben Frau Victoria / Mit ihrem weißen Flügelpaar, / Sie dünkt sich wohl sie sey ein Aar, / Und wo sie sich nur hingewandt / Gehör’ ihr alles Volk und Land- But what I envisioned as my goal / Is Lady Victoria up there / With her white paire of wings / It must seem to her that she's an erne.
1887, Theodor Storm, Ein Doppelgänger, page 124:Aber ihr eigenstes Ich erschien bald wieder; und jetzt – mein Freund, das Geißblatt am Waldesrande, das jetzt wieder blüht, so lieblich, dünkt mich, hat es fast niemals noch geduftet; und das Bild des John Glückstadt trägt nun einen vollen Rosenkranz; seine Tochter hat jetzt mehr an ihm; nicht nur den Vater, sondern einen ganzen Menschen.- But her selfmost I reappeared soon; and now – my friend, the honeysuckle by the wayside, blooming once again so lovely, methinks, has almost never yet smelled that way; and John Glückstadt's portrait now wears a complete rosary; he means more to his daughter now; not only a father but also a human.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dünken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “dünken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “dünken” in Duden online
- “dünken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German dünken, from Old Saxon thunkian.
Cognate with Old English þyncan (English think), Old Dutch *thunken (Dutch dunken), Old High German dunken (German dünken), Old Norse þykja (Swedish tycka), Gothic 𐌸𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þugkjan).
Pronunciation
Verb
dünken (third-person singular simple present dücht or dünkt, past tense düch, past participle dücht, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (copulative) to seem
- Mi dücht dat Weder vundaag bannig störmsch. ― The weather seems me stormy today.
- (impersonal) to think, to consider
- Mi dücht, ik müss seggt hebben: Geern, mien Jehann! ― I think I should have said: Of course, my Jehann!.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dünken (irregular weak verb)
Derived terms