dunken

See also: dünken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʏŋkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: dun‧ken
• Rhymes: -ʏŋkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dunken, from Old Dutch thunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną.

Verb

dunken

1. (impersonal) to think, to consider
2. (copulative) to seem

Usage notes

Dunken is one of a few Dutch verbs where the object is the one having an opinion about something, and the subject is the thing it concerns. For example, het dunkt mij goed means 'I think/consider it good'. For this reason it is generally used impersonally.

Conjugation

The past tense forms are archaic and rarely used.

Conjugation of dunken (weak with past in -cht)
infinitive	dunken
past singular	docht
past participle	gedocht
infinitive	dunken
gerund	dunken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	dunk	docht
2nd person sing. (jij)	dunkt, dunk2	docht
2nd person sing. (u)	dunkt	docht
2nd person sing. (gij)	dunkt	docht
3rd person singular	dunkt	docht
plural	dunken	dochten
subjunctive sing.1	dunke	dochte
subjunctive plur.1	dunken	dochten
imperative sing.	dunk
imperative plur.1	dunkt
participles	dunkend	gedocht
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• bedunken
• dunk
• goeddunken

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dunk.

Verb

dunken

1. (transitive, basketball) to dunk

Conjugation

Conjugation of dunken (weak)
infinitive	dunken
past singular	dunkte
past participle	gedunkt
infinitive	dunken
gerund	dunken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	dunk	dunkte
2nd person sing. (jij)	dunkt, dunk2	dunkte
2nd person sing. (u)	dunkt	dunkte
2nd person sing. (gij)	dunkt	dunkte
3rd person singular	dunkt	dunkte
plural	dunken	dunkten
subjunctive sing.1	dunke	dunkte
subjunctive plur.1	dunken	dunkten
imperative sing.	dunk
imperative plur.1	dunkt
participles	dunkend	gedunkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan.

Verb

dunken

1. to deem, to judge
2. to seem

Inflection

Conjugation of dunken (weak)

infinitive	base form	dunken
	genitive	dunkens
	dative	dunkene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		dunke	—		dunke	—
2nd person singular		duncs, dunkes	—		duncs, dunkes	—
3rd person singular		dunct, dunket	—		dunke	—
1st person plural		dunken	—		dunken	—
2nd person plural		dunct, dunket	—		dunct, dunket	—
3rd person plural		dunken	—		dunken	—
		imperative
singular		dunc, dunke
plural		dunct, dunket
		present	past
participle		dunkende	—

Alternative forms

• dinken (Flemish)
• donken

Descendants

• Dutch: dunken
• Limburgish: dönke

Further reading

• “dunken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dunken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dunken m

1. definite singular of dunk