bedenken
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to consider, to decide
- to think of, to make up
- (reflexive) to think, to ponder
- (reflexive) to realise
- (reflexive) to reconsider, to change one's mind
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *bithenkan inherited from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną affix from Middle Dutch denken.
Origin
Middle Dutch
denken
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedenkbaar Dutch, Flemish
- bedenkelijk Dutch, Flemish
- bedenken Dutch, Flemish
- bedenker Dutch, Flemish
- bedenking Dutch, Flemish
- denken Dutch, Flemish
- *biþankijaną Proto-Germanic
- beþencan Old English
- beþenċan Old English
- denken Middle Dutch
- pidenken Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *bithenkan Old Dutch
- thenken Old Dutch
- bithanka Old Frisian