bedenken
Dutch
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *bithenkan, *bithenkon, from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną. Equivalent to be- + denken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈdɛŋkə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧den‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɛŋkən
Verb
bedenken
- (transitive) to bethink
- (transitive) to think of, to make up
- (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
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: bedenk
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German pidenken bidenken, from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną, equivalent to be- + denken. Cognate with English bethink, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈdɛŋkŋ̍/, /bəˈdɛŋkən/
Audio (file)
Verb
bedenken (irregular weak, third-person singular present bedenkt, past tense bedachte, past participle bedacht, past subjunctive bedächte, auxiliary haben)
- to consider, bethink
- Synonym: überdenken
- to keep in mind
- Synonym: denken an
- to remember (somebody in one's will); to gift (somebody with); to treat (somebody to)
- (reflexive) to think; consider (before making a decision)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Related terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *bithenkan, *bithenkon, from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną. Equivalent to be- + denken.
Verb
bedenken
- to consider, to decide
- to think of, to make up
- (reflexive) to think, to ponder
- (reflexive) to realise
- (reflexive) to reconsider, to change one's mind
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- bedenkelike
- bedenkenisse
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Limburgish: bedinke
Further reading
- “bedenken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bedenken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN