tenke

See also: tænke

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German denken, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną. Cognate with German denken, Dutch denken, English think, Icelandic þekkja.

Verb

tenke

  1. (Uri) to think

References

  • “tenke” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 14.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German denken, from Old Saxon thenkian; compare also with Old Norse þekkja.

Verb

tenke (imperative tenk, present tense tenker, simple past tenkte, past participle tenkt, present participle tenkende)

  1. to think
    jeg tenker altså er jeg

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tenke (present tense tenker, past tense tenkte, past participle tenkt, passive infinitive tenkast, present participle tenkande, imperative tenk)

  1. Alternative form of tenkja

Derived terms

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