dünken
Appearance
See also: dunken
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dünken (irregular weak, third-person singular present dünkt, past tense deuchte, past participle gedeucht, past subjunctive dünkte, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic) (intransitive or transitive) to seem (to appear)
- mich (mir) dünkt ― methinks
- 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two][1]:
- Doch was ich mir zum Ziel ersah / Ist oben Frau Victoria / Mit ihrem weißen Flügelpaar, / Sie dünkt sich wohl sie sey ein Aar, / Und wo sie sich nur hingewandt / Gehör’ ihr alles Volk und Land
- But what I envisioned as my goal / Is Lady Victoria up there / With her white paire of wings / It must seem to her that she's an erne.
- 1887, Theodor Storm, Ein Doppelgänger, page 124:
- Aber ihr eigenstes Ich erschien bald wieder; und jetzt – mein Freund, das Geißblatt am Waldesrande, das jetzt wieder blüht, so lieblich, dünkt mich, hat es fast niemals noch geduftet; und das Bild des John Glückstadt trägt nun einen vollen Rosenkranz; seine Tochter hat jetzt mehr an ihm; nicht nur den Vater, sondern einen ganzen Menschen.
- But her selfmost I reappeared soon; and now – my friend, the honeysuckle by the wayside, blooming once again so lovely, methinks, has almost never yet smelled that way; and John Glückstadt's portrait now wears a complete rosary; he means more to his daughter now; not only a father but also a human.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | dünken | ||||
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present participle | dünkend | ||||
past participle | gedeucht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich dünke | wir dünken | i | ich dünke | wir dünken |
du dünkst | ihr dünkt | du dünkest | ihr dünket | ||
er dünkt | sie dünken | er dünke | sie dünken | ||
preterite | ich deuchte | wir deuchten | ii | ich dünkte1 | wir dünkten1 |
du deuchtest | ihr deuchtet | du dünktest1 | ihr dünktet1 | ||
er deuchte | sie deuchten | er dünkte1 | sie dünkten1 | ||
imperative | dünk (du) dünke (du) |
dünkt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dünken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “dünken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “dünken” in Duden online
- “dünken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German dünken, from Old Saxon thunkian.
Cognate with Old English þyncan (English think), Old Dutch *thunken (Dutch dunken), Old High German dunken (German dünken), Old Norse þykja (Swedish tycka), Gothic 𐌸𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þugkjan).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dünken (third-person singular simple present dücht or dünkt, past tense düch, past participle dücht, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (copulative) to seem
- Mi dücht dat Weder vundaag bannig störmsch. ― The weather seems me stormy today.
- (impersonal) to think, to consider
- Mi dücht, ik müss seggt hebben: Geern, mien Jehann! ― I think I should have said: Of course, my Jehann!.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of dünken (irregular weak verb)
infinitive | dünken | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | dünk | düch |
2nd person singular | düchst, dünkst | düchst |
3rd person singular | dücht, dünkt | düch |
plural | dünkt | düchen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | dünk | |
plural | dünkt | |
participle | present | past |
dünken | dücht | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
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