bedenken

See also: Bedenken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bedenken, from Old Dutch *bithenkan, *bithenkon, from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ denken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈdɛŋkə(n)/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnkən

Verb

bedenken

  1. (transitive) to bethink
  2. (transitive) to think of, to make up
  3. (reflexive) to reconsider, to change one's mind

Usage notes

The reflexive form has a different meaning, but is sometimes used with the same meaning as the non-reflexive form. This is marked.

Inflection

Inflection of bedenken (weak with past in -cht, prefixed)
infinitive bedenken
past singular bedacht
past participle bedacht
infinitive bedenken
gerund bedenken n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular bedenk bedacht
2nd person sing. (jij) bedenkt bedacht
2nd person sing. (u) bedenkt bedacht
2nd person sing. (gij) bedenkt bedacht
3rd person singular bedenkt bedacht
plural bedenken bedachten
subjunctive sing.1 bedenke bedachte
subjunctive plur.1 bedenken bedachten
imperative sing. bedenk
imperative plur.1 bedenkt
participles bedenkend bedacht
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bedenken, from Old High German pidenken bidenken, from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną, equivalent to be- +‎ denken. Cognate with English bethink, Dutch bedenken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈdɛŋkŋ̩/, /bəˈdɛŋkən/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

bedenken (third-person singular simple present bedenkt, past tense bedachte, past participle bedacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to consider
  2. to keep in mind

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bithenkan, *bithenkon, from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ denken.

Verb

bedenken

  1. to consider, to decide
  2. to think of, to make up
  3. (reflexive) to think, to ponder
  4. (reflexive) to realise
  5. (reflexive) to reconsider, to change one's mind

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • bedenkelike
  • bedenkenisse

Descendants

Further reading

  • “bedenken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “bedenken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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