wensdenken
Dutch (Brabantic)
noun
Definitions
- wishful thinking
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish wens (wish, desire) + Dutch, Flemish denken (think, thinking).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
denken
Gloss
think, thinking
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
- aandenken Dutch, Flemish
- achterdenken Dutch, Flemish
- bedenken Dutch, Flemish
- denkbaar Dutch, Flemish
- denken Dutch, Flemish
- denker Dutch, Flemish
- denkpiste Dutch, Flemish
- denkraam Dutch, Flemish
- denkrimpel Dutch, Flemish
- denktank Dutch, Flemish
- doodswens Dutch, Flemish
- doordenken Dutch, Flemish
- gedenken Dutch, Flemish
- gelukwens Dutch, Flemish
- heilwens Dutch, Flemish
- herdenken Dutch, Flemish
- indenken Dutch, Flemish
- kinderwens Dutch, Flemish
- kleinkinderwens Dutch, Flemish
- kruispuntdenken Dutch, Flemish
- marktdenken Dutch, Flemish
- meedenken Dutch, Flemish
- nadenken Dutch, Flemish
- overdenken Dutch, Flemish
- toedenken Dutch, Flemish
- uitdenken Dutch, Flemish
- verdenken Dutch, Flemish
- vrijdenker Dutch, Flemish
- wens Dutch, Flemish
- denken Middle Dutch
- wensch Middle Dutch
- denki Sranan Tongo