thenken

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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

Further reading

  • “thenken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

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

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