thenken
Middle English
Verb
thenken (third-person singular simple present thenketh, present participle thenkende, first-/third-person singular past indicative thoght, past participle ithoght)
- alternative spelling of thinken
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan.
Verb
thenken
- 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 | thāhtos |
| 3rd person singular | thenkit | thāhta |
| 1st person plural | thencun | thāhton |
| 2nd person plural | thenkit | thāhtot |
| 3rd person plural | thencunt | thāhton |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | thenke | thenkti |
| 2nd person singular | thenkis | thenktis |
| 3rd person singular | thenke | thenkti |
| 1st person plural | thenkin | thenktin |
| 2nd person plural | thenkit | thenktit |
| 3rd person plural | thenkin | thenktin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | thenki | |
| plural | thenkit | |
| participle | present | past |
| thenkendi | thāht, githāht | |
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: denken
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
- to think