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.
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)
- to think
- jeg tenker altså er jeg
Related terms
- tanke (noun)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
tenke (present tense tenker, past tense tenkte, past participle tenkt, passive infinitive tenkast, present participle tenkande, imperative tenk)
- Alternative form of tenkja
Derived terms
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