omdenken
Dutch
Etymology
From om (“around”) + denken (“to think”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔm.dɛŋ.kə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: om‧den‧ken
Verb
omdenken
- to flip-think, to rethink, to look at the problem differently so that it transforms in an opportunity
- Door om te denken ga je anders tegen de dingen aankijken dan je in eerste instantie zou doen. ― By flip-thinking you will look at things differently than you would initially.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of omdenken (weak with past in -cht, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | omdenken | |||
| past singular | dacht om | |||
| past participle | omgedacht | |||
| infinitive | omdenken | |||
| gerund | omdenken n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | denk om | dacht om | omdenk | omdacht |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | denkt om, denk om2 | dacht om | omdenkt | omdacht |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | denkt om | dacht om | omdenkt | omdacht |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | denkt om | dacht om | omdenkt | omdacht |
| 3rd person singular | denkt om | dacht om | omdenkt | omdacht |
| plural | denken om | dachten om | omdenken | omdachten |
| subjunctive sing.1 | denke om | dachte om | omdenke | omdachte |
| subjunctive plur.1 | denken om | dachten om | omdenken | omdachten |
| imperative sing. | denk om | |||
| imperative plur.1 | denkt om | |||
| participles | omdenkend | omgedacht | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Anagrams
- denken om