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dunken

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See also: dünken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʏŋkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: dun‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ʏŋkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dunken, from Old Dutch thunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną.

Verb

dunken

  1. (impersonal) to think, to consider
  2. (copulative) to seem
Usage notes

Dunken is one of a few Dutch verbs where the object is the one having an opinion about something, and the subject is the thing it concerns, notably het dunkt mij goed means 'I think/consider it good'. For this reason it is generally used impersonally, also in the case of semantically similar verbs, such as behagen, bevallen 'to please'. Dunken is attested almost exclusively with the first singular pronoun, me dunkt 'methinks'.

Conjugation

The past tense forms are archaic and rarely used.

More information Conjugation of (weak with past in -cht), infinitive ...
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dunk.

Verb

dunken

  1. (transitive, basketball) to dunk
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (weak), infinitive ...
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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan.

Verb

dunken

  1. to deem, to judge
  2. to seem

Inflection

More information infinitive, base form ...

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: dunken
  • Limburgish: dönke

Further reading

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dunken m

  1. definite singular of dunk

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