bedenken

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

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdɛŋkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧den‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

bedenken

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

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

• Negerhollands: bedenk

• bekenden

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.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdɛŋkŋ̍/, /bəˈdɛŋkən/

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bedenken (irregular weak, third-person singular present bedenkt, past tense bedachte, past participle bedacht, past subjunctive bedächte, auxiliary haben)

1. to consider, bethink

   Synonym: überdenken

2. to keep in mind

   Synonym: denken an

3. to remember (somebody in one's will); to gift (somebody with); to treat (somebody to)
4. (reflexive) to think; consider (before making a decision)

• Bedenken
• bedenkend
• bedacht
• bedächtig
• bedenklich

• andenken
• ausdenken
• durchdenken
• mitdenken
• nachdenken
• überdenken
• umdenken
• verdenken
• vordenken
• zurückdenken

• “bedenken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bedenken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “bedenken” in Duden online
• “bedenken” in OpenThesaurus.de

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

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• bedenkelike
• bedenkenisse

• Dutch: bedenken
• Limburgish: bedinke

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