Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *teng-der.
Proto-Germanic *þankijaną
Proto-West Germanic *þankijan
Old English þenċan
Middle English thinken
English think
From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).
Cognate with Scots think, thynk (“to think”), North Frisian teenk, taanke, tanke, tånke (“to think”), Saterland Frisian toanke (“to think”), West Frisian tinke (“to think”), Dutch denken, dinken (“to think”), Afrikaans dink (“to think”), Low German denken, dinken (“to think”), German denken (“to think”), Danish tænke (“to think”), Swedish tänka (“to think”), Norwegian Bokmål tenke (“to think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tenkja (“to think”), Icelandic þekkja (“to know, recognise, identify, perceive”), Gothic þagkjan (“to think”), Latin tongeō (“know”).
Meanings
(UK, uncountable, usually) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
I'll have a think about that and let you know.
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thinks
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thinck
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Deriveds
doublethink (Terms derived from the noun think) · herdthink (Terms derived from the noun think) · wrongthink (Terms derived from the noun think) · correctthink (Terms derived from the noun think) · goodthink (Terms derived from the noun think) · rethink (Terms derived from the noun think) · have another think coming (Terms derived from the noun think) · badthink (Terms derived from the noun think) · groupthink (Terms derived from the noun think) · rightthink (Terms derived from the noun think) · triplethink (Terms derived from the noun think)
Translations (13)
pt pensada (an act of thinking) · de Denke (an act of thinking) · ru размышление (an act of thinking) · es pensada (an act of thinking) · es pensamiento (an act of thinking) · ru обдумывание (an act of thinking) · ta எண்ணுதல் (an act of thinking) · fi miettiminen (an act of thinking) · fr pensée (an act of thinking) · bg мисъл (an act of thinking) · fr réflexion (an act of thinking) · sq mendim (an act of thinking) · de Gedanke (an act of thinking)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *teng-der.
Proto-Germanic *þankijaną
Proto-West Germanic *þankijan
Old English þenċan
Middle English thinken
English think
From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).
Cognate with Scots think, thynk (“to think”), North Frisian teenk, taanke, tanke, tånke (“to think”), Saterland Frisian toanke (“to think”), West Frisian tinke (“to think”), Dutch denken, dinken (“to think”), Afrikaans dink (“to think”), Low German denken, dinken (“to think”), German denken (“to think”), Danish tænke (“to think”), Swedish tänka (“to think”), Norwegian Bokmål tenke (“to think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tenkja (“to think”), Icelandic þekkja (“to know, recognise, identify, perceive”), Gothic þagkjan (“to think”), Latin tongeō (“know”).
Meanings
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
Had we but world enough and time / This coyness, lady, were no crime. / We would sit down, and think which way / To walk, and pass our long love's day. c. 1650, Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress
(transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
"I should phone my mother," I thought.
(intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.” 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
(intransitive) To conceive of something or someone
Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food. 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
(transitive) To be of the opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 182.
[…] one man showed me a young oak which he had transplanted from behind the town, thinking it an apple-tree.
Boxing is thought to be a dangerous sport.
She thought it pointless starting before four o'clock.
I don't think it worth complaining about the leak in the roof, is it?
I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.
It was thought that I was the mole in the company.
I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.
My brother he is in Elizium, / Perchance he is not drown'd: What thinke you, ſaylors?. c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 255, column 2:
Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
(transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
We should/would have thought she could've washed her hands before, at least.
To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
The cupbearer shrugged up his shoulders in displeasure. "I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber," said he[…] 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
In 1985 I sat down and wrote a four-page outline from which I thought to base such a work. 1998, Dovid Rossoff, Where Heaven Touches Earth, page iii:
“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
To presume; to venture.
Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 3:9:
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, used to show obviousness or agreement) Ellipsis of think so.
hi सोच (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · tpi tingting (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · bg смя́там за (to conceive of something or someone) · my တွေး (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · is hyggja (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · gl coidar (to conceive of something or someone) · vi thấy (to conceive of something or someone) · la reor (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ja 考える (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · eo kredi (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ba уйҙау (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nds denken (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · sh razmíšljati (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ace pike (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nl vinden (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · gl coidar (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · fi pitää (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · es pensar (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · nl overdenken (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · it ritenere (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · chr ᎮᎵᎠ (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fr réfléchir à (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · grc δοκέω (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · fr songer à (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · sq mendoj (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nl beschouwen (to conceive of something or someone) · dsb mysliś (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · lt manyti (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · egy ib:Z1 (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · zh 想 (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · kmr pûnijîn (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · sa मन्यते (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · it pensare (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ar فَكَّرَ (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · hu gondolkodik (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · mnc ᠪᠣᡩᠣᠮᠪᡳ (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · pt refletir (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ja 考える (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · bn ভাবা (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · id pikir (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ga síl (to conceive of something or someone) · wa pinser (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · nds dinken (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · be ду́маць (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · sh ра̀змислити (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nb tro (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ru посчита́ть (to conceive of something or someone) · la arbitror (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ca pensar (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ta யோசி (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nrf penser (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nb anta (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · tet hanoin (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · dsb mysliś (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · mhn denken (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · fr penser à (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · rue ду́мати (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · th คิด (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · tyv бодаар (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · km គ្នេរ (to conceive of something or someone) · ro cugeta (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · zh 想 (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · nl nadenken (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · da synes (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · fa فِکْر کَرْدَن (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · cy tybio (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · av ургьизе (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · te ఆలోచించు (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · be памы́сліць (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · cs považovat za (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · tt уйларга (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · wa riwaitî (to conceive of something or someone) · zku payinthi (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · sv tro (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · fa فِکْر کَرْدَن (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · gd smaoinich (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ru мы́слить (to conceive of something or someone) · sc penciai (to conceive of something or someone) · ckt чимгъук (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · id pikir (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · nb komme på (to conceive of something or someone) · th นึก (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fr ruminer (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nl geloven (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · pl myśleć (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · sv tycka (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · lmo pensà (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · th คิด (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · pt achar (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · sc pensai (to conceive of something or someone) · tr düşünmek (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · fi luulla (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · nl denken (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · kmr hizirîn (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · hsb myslić (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · is hugsa (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · rup minduescu (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · nl denken (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · msk dumdum (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · su ngamanah (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fa فِکْر کَرْدَن (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · gl pensar (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · nb tenke (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nrf penser (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · fr réfléchir à (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · pt ter como (to conceive of something or someone) · da synes (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · sc apensare (to conceive of something or someone) · sh mȉsliti (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · th นึก (to conceive of something or someone) · ca pensar (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · fr croire (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · pt pensar (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ms fikir (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · pt ter por (to conceive of something or someone) · it ritenere (to conceive of something or someone) · zh 考虑 (to conceive of something or someone) · kum пикирлешмек (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · kmr hizirîn (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · sh ми̏слити (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ja 意図する (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · la cogito (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · hsb myslić (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · is finnast (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · fi pohtia (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · hy կարծել (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · kmr ramîn (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · km ពិចារណា (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · es pensar (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · lus ngaihtuah (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ny -ganiza (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · kmr fikirîn (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · fr penser (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · la opinor (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · kmr hizir kirin (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · zdj ufikiri (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ar تَفَكَّرَ (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ar حَسَّب (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · et mõtlema (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ny -ganiza (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · vi suy nghĩ (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ro crede (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · gl coidar (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · nl denken (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · el σκέφτομαι (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · dsb mysliś (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · da mene (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · da tænke (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ru поду́мать (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · yi טראַכטן (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · hi अनुमान (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ar فَكَّر (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ttj -teekereza (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · es pensar (to plan; to be considering; to be of a mind to do something) · ru мы́слить (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · jv pikir (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · de denken (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · la puto (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · grc φρονέω (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · be паду́маць (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · bg предста́вям си (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · yue 諗 /谂 (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · pl myśleć (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · cs myslet (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · mnc ᡤᡡᠨᡳᠮᠪᡳ (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · wa tuzer (a) (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · akk kaṣāpu (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ja 思う (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · nn meine (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · de überlegen (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · hi विचार करना (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · is hyggja (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · bn চিন্তা করা (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · da tænke (to conceive of something or someone) · lo ຄຶດ (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · lus ngaihtuah (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ky саноо (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · kmr fikirîn (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · sk premýšľať (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · cy meddwl (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ro gândi (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · got 𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · wa sondjî (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · fr voir (comme) (to conceive of something or someone) · fr estimer (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ckb بەمەزەندەی (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · sl imeti za (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · arc ܚܫܒ (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · sv tänka (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ja 判断する (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · th คิด (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · et arvama (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · as ভবা (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ja 思索する (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · el θεωρώ (to conceive of something or someone) · hu gondol (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · da tro (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · si හිතනවා (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ga síl (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ca pensar (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · vo ninälön (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · he חָשַׁב (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · oc pensar (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · hy մտածել (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · th คิด (to conceive of something or someone) · ps فکرکول (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · km យកមកពិនិត្យ (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · fi arvella (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · el σκέφτομαι (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · da tænke (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ga ceap (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · fr considérer (comme) (to conceive of something or someone) · tr sanmak (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ar فَكَّر (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · kmr fikir kirin (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · zh 想 (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · pox denkot (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · eu pensatu (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fur pensâ (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · la censeo (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · pt considerar (to conceive of something or someone) · sc pensare (to conceive of something or someone) · se jurddašit (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · otk 𐰽𐰴𐰣 (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · vo tikön (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · zh нян (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · hi विचारना (to conceive of something or someone) · ltg guoduot (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · vo tikön (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · uz o'ylamoq (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · la puto (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · yi מיינען (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · frr teenk (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · gd smaoinich (to conceive of something or someone) · el νομίζω (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · aii ܚܵܫܹܒ݂ (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · nb tenke (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · de nachdenken (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ru обду́мывать (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nn tykkje (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · haw manaʻo (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · iu isumajuq (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · hi विचार (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ur سوچْنا (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · km រិះគិត (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nl zien (to conceive of something or someone) · la cogito (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ko 사고하다 (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · es pensar (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · rm pensar (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ro lua în considerație (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · vec pensar (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · tft ngitu (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · sc pentzare (to conceive of something or someone) · fr être d'avis (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · mn санах (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · cy meddwl (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · nl denken (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · lez фикир авун (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · eo imagi (to conceive of something or someone) · gd saoil (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · sc penciare (to conceive of something or someone) · ckb بیرکردن (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · cs přemýšlet (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ro considera (to conceive of something or someone) · tl mag-isip (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fr considérer (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · bg размишля́вам (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ko 숙고하다 (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ang wenan (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ja 思考する (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · hsb myslić (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ro judeca (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · kmr fikirîn (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · pt pensar (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · kea atxa (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · haw noʻonoʻo (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · nb fundere (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · zea dienke (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · hy մտածել (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · bg ми́сля (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ar ظَنّ (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · gml denken (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · bg счи́там (to conceive of something or someone) · rm pansar (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · km សំដែងមតិ (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · tpi ting (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · th ถือ (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · oc pensar (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · wa pinser (a) (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · hu vél (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · mk размислува (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · km ឲ្យយោបល់ (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · om yaaduu (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · it pensare (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ga ceap (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · bua һанаха (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ps اندېښل (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · lol kanela (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · hsb myslić (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · kmr texmîn kirin (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · rsk думац (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · hu gondol (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · fi ajatella (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · fur pensâ (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · uk ду́мати (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · kmr ramîn (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · sk premýšľať (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · rap mana'u (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · lt galvoti (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · vo süenikön (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · pt achar (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · mk мисли (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · or ଚିନ୍ତା କରିବା (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ro crede (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · kmr pûnijîn (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · scn pinsari (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · sw -fikiri (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · it riflettere (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · pl zastanawiać się (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · tab фикир апӏуб (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · bua бодохо (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · az düşünmək (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ro crede (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · kmr hesibandin (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · fr croire (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · th คิด (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ga smaoinigh (to conceive of something or someone) · my ထင် (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · te ఊహించు (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · da mene (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · yi דענקען (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ja 考える (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · nl vinden (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · it rimuginare (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · hi सोचना (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · fr penser (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fi olla mielipiteenä (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · sv tänka (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · frm croyre (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · kmr bawer kirin (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ga smaoinigh (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · nv nitsékees (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · nl peinzen (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · gd saoil (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · nrf penser (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ru ду́мать (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · mk мисли (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · km គិត (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ar فَكَّر (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fi pitää (to conceive of something or someone) · nb resonnere (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · da reflektere (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · otk 𐰇 (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · sh ми̏слити (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · ur سوچْنا (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fi olla jotain mieltä (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ny -ganiza (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · da antage (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · zh нян (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · bg ми́сля (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · wa tuzer (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · sh разми́шљати (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · zku yailtyanthi (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ka მოფიქრება (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · gd saoil (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · bn ভাবা (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · sv mena (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · haw noʻonoʻo (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · gd smaoinich (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · km គិតឃើញ (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ka ფიქრობს (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · he חָשַׁב (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · got 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · qu yuyay (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · uk ми́слити (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · zh 念 (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · el νομίζω (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · la considero (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · cy tybio (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · eo pensi (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · gd saoil (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · sh ми̏слити (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · de meinen (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · bg ми́сля (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ru размышля́ть (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ur سوچْنا (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ani ургьунну (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · it pensare (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · pl myśleć (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · ga ceap (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · fr trouver (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ga smaoinigh (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · fy tinke (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ln kanisa (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · gl pensar (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · rue уду́мати (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fr penser (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ta எண்ணு (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · lv domāt (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · fi miettiä (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · be мы́сліць (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · da mene (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · sh mȉsliti (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · my စဉ်းစား (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · pap pensa (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · zh 認為 /认为 (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · ru обду́мывать (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · it supporre (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · km យល់ (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · vo meditön (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fa فِکْر کَرْدَن (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · hy կարծել (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · de denken (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · rsk думац (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · eo opinii (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · zh 覺得 /觉得 (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · fr trouver (to conceive of something or someone) · fa اَنْدیشیدَن (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · it considerare (to conceive of something or someone) · kk ойлау (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · mk размисли (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ca pensar (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · km គិត (to conceive of something or someone) · mk мисли (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · th เดา (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · fa گُمان کَرْدَن (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · tg фикр кардан (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · mt ħaseb (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · haw manaʻo (to conceive of something or someone) · blt ngắm (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · pt achar (to conceive of something or someone) · ba уйлау (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · cs myslet (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ko 생각하다 (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · yue 諗 /谂 (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · alt санаар (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · is halda (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · pt achar (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · fa فِکْر کَرْدَن (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · tr düşünmek (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ta நினை (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · sv tänka över (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · hy խորհել (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · sl imeti za (to conceive of something or someone) · wa pinser (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · hu gondol (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · chr ᎠᏓᏅᏖᎭ (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · sa मन्यते (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · cs mít za (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · ru ду́мать (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · gl pensar (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · adt udikanda (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · bg обми́слям (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · ka ფიქრი (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · nl beschouwen (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · rm penser (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · fi ajatella (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · la contemplor (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · it ponderare (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · sq mendoj (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · nn synast (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · fa با خود اَنْدیشیدَن (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · ga síl (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · is hugsa (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · nn tenkja (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · hi सोचना (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · gd smaoinich (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ug ئويلىماق (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · eo rigardi (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · is þykja (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · alt ойлоор (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · ja 考える (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · sh ми̏слити (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ar فَكَّرَ (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · it pensare (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · eo supozi (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · ar فَكَرَ (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fr trouver (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · nap penzà (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · fr considérer (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · nn anta (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · de finden (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · de halten für (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · pl uważać że (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · mk смета (to conceive of something or someone) · sco hink (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · se smiehttat (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · mk мисли (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · gd smaoinich (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · pro pensar (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · da tro (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · es pensar (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · lus nia ngai (be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine) · nb synes (consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe) · ky ойлоо (to ponder, to go over in one's head) · gl coidar (guess, reckon — see also suppose) · alt ойлоор (communicate to oneself in one’s mind) · it reputare (to conceive of something or someone)
From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken (also thinchen, thünchen), from Old English þyncan (“to seem, appear”), from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (“to seem”).
Cognate with Dutch dunken (“to seem, appear”), German dünken (“to seem, appear”), Danish tykkes (“to seem”), Swedish tycka (“to seem, think, regard”), Icelandic þykja (“to be regarded, be considered, seem”). More at methinks.
Meanings
(qualifier:obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
And whanne syr launcelot sawe he myghte not ryde vp in to the montayne
he there alyghte vnder an Appel tree
[…]
And then he leid hym doune to slepe
And thenne hym thoughte there came an old man afore hym
the whiche sayd A launcelot of euylle feythe and poure byleue
wherfor is thy wille tourned soo lyghtely toward thy dedely synne 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV:
nl dunken (to seem, to appear) · pt parecer (to seem, to appear) · fi vaikuttaa (to seem, to appear) · eo ŝajni (to seem, to appear) · gl coidar (to seem, to appear)