dunken
See also: dünken
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʏŋkə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dun‧ken
- Rhymes: -ʏŋkən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch dunken, from Old Dutch thunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną.
Verb
dunken
Usage notes
Dunken is one of a few Dutch verbs where the object is the one having an opinion about something, and the subject is the thing it concerns. For example, het dunkt mij goed means 'I think/consider it good'. For this reason it is generally used impersonally.
Conjugation
The past tense forms are archaic and rarely used.
| Conjugation of dunken (weak with past in -cht) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dunken | |||
| past singular | docht | |||
| past participle | gedocht | |||
| infinitive | dunken | |||
| gerund | dunken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dunk | docht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dunkt, dunk2 | docht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dunkt | docht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dunkt | docht | ||
| 3rd person singular | dunkt | docht | ||
| plural | dunken | dochten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | dunke | dochte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | dunken | dochten | ||
| imperative sing. | dunk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dunkt | |||
| participles | dunkend | gedocht | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
dunken
- (transitive, basketball) to dunk
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dunken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dunken | |||
| past singular | dunkte | |||
| past participle | gedunkt | |||
| infinitive | dunken | |||
| gerund | dunken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dunk | dunkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dunkt, dunk2 | dunkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dunkt | dunkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dunkt | dunkte | ||
| 3rd person singular | dunkt | dunkte | ||
| plural | dunken | dunkten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | dunke | dunkte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | dunken | dunkten | ||
| imperative sing. | dunk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dunkt | |||
| participles | dunkend | gedunkt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch thunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan.
Verb
dunken
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | dunken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | dunkens | ||||||
| dative | dunkene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | dunke | — | dunke | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | duncs, dunkes | — | duncs, dunkes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | dunct, dunket | — | dunke | — | |||
| 1st person plural | dunken | — | dunken | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | dunct, dunket | — | dunct, dunket | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | dunken | — | dunken | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | dunc, dunke | ||||||
| plural | dunct, dunket | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | dunkende | — | |||||
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “dunken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dunken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
dunken m
- definite singular of dunk