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dünken

dünken

See also: dunken

German

Verb

dünken (strong, third-person singular simple present dünkt, past tense deuchte, past participle gedeucht, past subjunctive dünkte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (archaic) to seem (to appear)

Conjugation


Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʏŋkŋ̩], [ˈdʏŋkn̩]

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon thunkian, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną. Cognate with Old English þyncan (English think), Old Dutch *thunken (Dutch dunken), Old High German dunken (German dünken), Old Norse þykja (Swedish tycka), Gothic 𐌸𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þugkjan).

Verb

dünken (third-person singular simple present dücht or dünkt, past tense düch, past participle dücht, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (copulative) to seem
    Mi dücht dat Weder vundaag bannig störmsch. — The weather seems me stormy today.
  2. (impersonal) to think, to consider
    Mi dücht, ik müss seggt hebben: Geern, mien Jehann! — I think I should have said: Of course, my Jehann!.
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • gootdünken