Sentences with German verb denken

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Present

  • Ich denke nicht. 
    English I don't think so.
  • Liebe denkt in Bildern. 
    English Love thinks in images.
  • Er denkt nur an sich. 
    English He thinks of nothing but himself.
  • Ich denke sowieso mit dem Knie. 
    English I think anyway with the knee.
  • Tom denkt logisch. 
    English Tom is logical.
  • Was denkst du? 
    English What do you think?
  • Was denkst du darüber? 
    English What do you think about it?
  • Du denkst nur ans Essen. 
    English You only think about food.
  • Ich denke hin und wieder daran. 
    English I think about that from time to time.
  • Sabine denkt immer viel zu kompliziert. 
    English Sabine always thinks much too complicated.

Imperfect

  • Was dachte sie? 
    English What was she thinking?
  • Wie dachtest du darüber? 
    English What did you think about it?
  • Wir dachten , Tom schliefe. 
    English We thought that Tom was sleeping.
  • Sie dachte , ich sei Arzt. 
    English She thought that I was a doctor.
  • Ich dachte , heute wäre Montag. 
    English I thought today was Monday.
  • Wer dachtet ihr, war es? 
    English Who did you think it was?
  • Ich dachte , Sie bluffen. 
    English I thought you were bluffing.
  • Sie dachte an ihren Freund. 
    English She thought of her friend.

Present Subj.

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Imperf. Subj.

  • Was dächte deine Mutter? 
    English What would your mother think?
  • Du machst eine Miene, als ob du anders dächtest . 
    English You make a face as if you thought differently.
  • Was dächten die Leute wohl, wenn ich nicht auf Toms Hochzeit ginge? 
    English What would people think if I weren't to attend Tom's wedding?

Imperative

  • Denke nie, gedacht zu haben. 
    English Never think that you have thought.

Infinitive

  • Das belehrte mich, methodisch zu denken . 
    English This was to teach me to think methodically.
  • Wenn ich zu viel getrunken hab, kann ich nicht mehr ordentlich denken . 
    English If I have drunk too much, I can no longer think properly.

Participle

  • Das hätte ich nie gedacht . 
    English I would never have guessed that.
  • Denke nie, gedacht zu haben. 
    English Never think that you have thought.
  • Hast du daran gedacht , die Brote einzupacken? 
    English Did you remember to pack the sandwiches?
  • Der Gesetzgeber hat einfach an alles gedacht . 
    English The legislator simply thought of everything.

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Indicative

Examples sentences for realis mood Active for denken


  • Ich denke nicht. 
    English I don't think so.
  • Liebe denkt in Bildern. 
    English Love thinks in images.
  • Er denkt nur an sich. 
    English He thinks of nothing but himself.
  • Ich denke sowieso mit dem Knie. 
    English I think anyway with the knee.
  • Tom denkt logisch. 
    English Tom is logical.
  • Was denkst du? 
    English What do you think?
  • Was denkst du darüber? 
    English What do you think about it?
  • Du denkst nur ans Essen. 
    English You only think about food.
  • Ich denke hin und wieder daran. 
    English I think about that from time to time.
  • Sabine denkt immer viel zu kompliziert. 
    English Sabine always thinks much too complicated.
  • Die Frau beobachtet und der Mann denkt . 
    English The woman observes and the man thinks.
  • Ich denke Tag und Nacht ständig an dich. 
    English I keep thinking night and day about you.
  • Jeder denkt dasselbe. 
    English Everyone thinks the same thing.
  • Woran denkst du? 
    English What are you thinking about?
  • Was dachte sie? 
    English What was she thinking?

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Subjunctive

Usage for conjunctive mood Active for denken


  • Was dächte deine Mutter? 
    English What would your mother think?
  • Du machst eine Miene, als ob du anders dächtest . 
    English You make a face as if you thought differently.
  • Was dächten die Leute wohl, wenn ich nicht auf Toms Hochzeit ginge? 
    English What would people think if I weren't to attend Tom's wedding?

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Conditional (würde)

Imperative

Sentences for imperative Active for denken


  • Denke nie, gedacht zu haben. 
    English Never think that you have thought.

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Translations

Translation of German denken


German denken
English think, think to oneself, be mindful (of), believe, believe about, believe of, conceive, consider
Russian думать, размышлять, считать, подумать, полагать, предполагать, мыслить, помыслить
Spanish pensar, opinar, reflexionar, acordarse, creer, encontrar, estimar, imaginarse
French penser, croire, penser de, penser à, raisonner, réfléchir, se représenter, songer à
Turkish düşünmek, hatırlamak, kanaat, tahmin etmek, zihinsel faaliyet
Portuguese pensar, refletir, lembrar-se de, opinar, pensar em, crer
Italian pensare, pensare a, riflettere, ponderare, ritenere, ricordarsi di
Romanian gândi, considera, crede, reflecta
Hungarian gondol, gondolkodik, elmélkedik, gondolkodni, gondolkozik, hisz, töprengeni, vél
Polish myśleć, sądzić, myśleć o, pamiętać o, rozważać, myśleć o sobie, namyślać się, namyślić się
Greek πιστεύω, σκέφτομαι, γνωμη, θυμάμαι, νομίζω, νοώ, συλλογίζομαι, φαντάζομαι
Dutch denken, menen, overdenken, geloven, vermoeden, zich verbeelden, zich voorstellen
Czech myslet, domnívat se, myslit, pomyslit, uvažovat, pomyslet
Swedish anse, tänka, anta, att tänka, förmoda, reflektera, tycka, tänka sig
Danish tænke, mene, tro, tænke sig
Japanese 考える, 思う, 存じる, 意見を持つ
Catalan pensar, opinar, reflexionar
Finnish ajatella, harkita, kuvitella, luulla, meinata, miettiä, olla samaa mieltä
Norwegian tenke, mene, reflektere
Basque pentsatu, gogoan izan, iritzia izan
Serbian misliti, мислити, razmišljati, smatrati
Macedonian мисли, мислам, мислење, размислувам
Slovenian misliti, mnenje, razmišljati
Slowakisch myslieť, mať názor
Bosnian misliti, razmišljati, smatrati
Croatian biti mišljenja, misliti, razmišljati, smatrati
Ukrainian думати, вважати, мислити
Bulgarian мисля, разсъждавам, считам
Belorussian думаць, думка, разважаць
Indonesian berpikir, berpendapat
Vietnamese nghĩ, cho rằng
Uzbek o'ylamoq, o'ylashmoq
Hindi सोचना, मानना
Chinese 以为, 思考, 认为
Thai คิด, เห็นว่า
Korean 생각하다
Azerbaijani düşünmək, zənn etmek
Georgian იფიქრა, ფიქრობა, ჩათვლა
Bengali চিন্তা করা, মত রাখা
Albanian mendoj, besoj
Marathi विचार करणे, मानणे
Nepali सोच्नु, मान्नु
Telugu అనుకొను, ఆలోచించడం, భావించు
Latvian domāt, uzskatīt
Tamil கருது, சிந்திக்க, நினை
Estonian mõtlema, arvata
Armenian մտածել, հավատալ
Kurdish fikir kirin
Hebrewלהיות בדעה، לחשוב، מחשבה
Arabicفكر، اعتقد - ظنَّ، تفكير، صفن، ظن، فكَّرَ، يعتقد
Persianاندیشیدن، اندیشه داشتن، خیال کردن، فکر کردن، فکرکردن، نظر داشتن، پنداشتن، گمان کردن
Urduخیال کرنا، رائے رکھنا، سوچنا

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Meanings and synonyms of denken

  • geistig tätig sein, wollen, reflektieren, sich vorstellen, erinnern, erkennen
  • der Meinung sein, annehmen, befürchten, dafürhalten, erachten, glauben
  • überlegen, achten, überlegen, reflektieren, meinen, (sich) (etwas) überlegen

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 4152, 4152

* Synonyms come partly from OpenThesaurus (openthesaurus.de) and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license: denken

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 4152, 4152, 17998, 102241

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 786337, 10980983, 478969, 2392497, 6615495, 2275162, 351791, 5362679, 2827513, 3770819, 1051533, 9595950, 1288874, 4968312, 5321362, 7969785, 2038931, 10303700, 3516410, 404, 5790451, 424716, 2097694, 947696, 769886

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