denkn

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• denka, denga (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German denken, from Old High German thenken, denken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-. Cognate with German denken, Dutch denken, Low German denken, dinken, West Frisian tinke, English think, Icelandic þekkja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥eŋɡ̥ːŋ/, [ˈd̥e̞-], [-ɡ̥ːɴ̩]
• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥e̞ŋkˣːn̩/ (Tyrol)
• Hyphenation: denkn

Verb

denkn (past participle denkt) (Austria, East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia, Tyrol)

1. (intransitive, [ån (about) + accusative], rarely transitive) to think

   I denk ån wås ånders. ― I am thinking about something else.

2. (intransitive, with ån + accusative) not to forget; to remember (to bring along, etc.)

   Denk åns Zuamåchn! ― Don’t forget to close up.

3. (transitive, with reflexive dative) to imagine

   Des kånn i ma denkn. ― I can imagine that.

4. (transitive, with reflexive dative) to think, to believe, to assume, to conjecture

   Jå, des håb i ma eh denkt. ― Yes, I thought so anyway.

Conjugation

Conjugation of denkn

infinitive	denkn
past participle	denkt
	present	past	subjunctive
1st person singular	denk	—	denkad
2nd person singular	denkst	—	denkadst
3rd person singular	denkt	—	denkad
1st person plural	denkn	—	denkadn
2nd person plural	denkts	—	denkats
3rd person plural	denkn	—	denkadn
	imperative
singular	denk
plural	denkts

Derived terms

• ausdenkn
• bedenkn
• derdenkn
• durchdenkn
• einedenkn
• mitdenkn
• nåchdenkn
• querdenkn
• umdenkn
• vuadenkn
• weiderdenkn
• zerdenkn
• zruckdenkn