דאַכטן
Yiddish
Etymology
Probably from a conflation of Middle High German dāhte and dūhte, past tenses of denken (“to think”, whence דענקען (denken)) and dünken (“to seem, appear”) respectively. From the latter verb early modern German likewise formed a new infinitive deuchten. The sense “to mention” seems to be exclusively Yiddish, but compare German meinen (“to reckon, think”), which has developed the same sense. For the two Middle High German verbs compare English think (etymologies 1 and 2).
Verb
דאַכטן • (dakhtn) (past participle געדאַכט (gedakht))
- to mention
- (impersonal, reflexive) to seem, to appear
- זי וויל, דאַכט זיך, נאָר אַ ביסל ברויט.
- zi vil, dakht zikh, nor a bisl broyt.
- She wants, it seems, only a bit of bread.
Conjugation
Conjugation of דאַכטן
| infinitive | דאַכטן dakhtn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| present participle | דאַכטנדיק dakhtndik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| past participle | געדאַכט gedakht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| present | איך דאַכט ikh dakht | מיר דאַכטן mir dakhtn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| דו דאַכטסט du dakhtst | איר דאַכט ir dakht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ער דאַכט er dakht | זיי דאַכטן zey dakhtn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| imperative | דאַכט (דו) dakht (du) | דאַכט (איר) dakht (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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