thenken

thenken

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.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan.

Verb

thenken

1. to think

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: denken
  • Dutch: denken
    • Afrikaans: dink, denk
    • Jersey Dutch: dänke
    • Negerhollands: denk, dink, diṅk, diṅg, diṅ
    • → Aukan: denki
    • → Sranan Tongo: denki
      • → Caribbean Javanese: dèngki
      • → Saramaccan: tínga
  • Limburgish: dinke

Further reading

• “thenken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012