tænke
Danish
/tɛnkə/
verb
Definitions
- to think
- to believe
- to intend
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish thænkia inherited from Old Norse þekkja (recognise, know) derived from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (think, perceive, percieve, suppose).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þankijaną
Gloss
think, perceive, percieve, suppose
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
思, 考
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterthink English
- badthink English
- bethink English
- crimethink English
- doublethink English
- forethink English
- forthink English
- goodthink English
- groupthink English
- herdthink English
- interthink English
- misthink English
- outthink English
- overthink English
- rethink English
- think English
- think meat English
- thinkable English
- thinker English
- thinkest English
- thinketh English
- thinking English
- thinko English
- thinksome English
- thinky English
- umbethink English
- underthink English
- unthink English
- unthinkable English
- whaddayathink English
- wrongthink English
- *teng- Proto-Indo-European
- mistenke Norwegian Bokmål
- tenke Norwegian Bokmål
- tenkelig Norwegian Bokmål
- tenker Norwegian Bokmål
- tenketank Norwegian Bokmål
- tenkning Norwegian Bokmål
- *þankijaną Proto-Germanic
- misstänka Swedish
- tänka Swedish
- tänkare Swedish
- tänkbar Swedish
- geþeaht Old English
- þeaht Old English
- þencan Old English
- þenċan Old English
- thinken Middle English
- þekkja Old Norse
- þenkja Old Norse
- eftertanke Danish
- mistanke Danish
- samtykke Danish
- tanke Danish
- tankegods Danish
- tankelæser Danish
- tankereferat Danish
- tvangstanke Danish
- tykkes Danish
- þankastrik Icelandic
- þanki Icelandic
- þekkja Icelandic
- denken Old High German
- 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *þankijan gmw-pro
- thenken Old Dutch
- danke Middle Low German
- denken Middle Low German
- thenkian Old Saxon
- þænkia Old Swedish
- thenka Old Frisian
- tik Volapük
- tikön Volapük
- ting Tok Pisin
- tingting Tok Pisin
- tanckæ Old Danish
- thykk(i)æ, thykkiæ Old Danish
- thænkia Old Danish
- tink Nigerian Pidgin