Gedanke — meaning in English

English meaning

• notion noun An idea, belief, or understanding about something.
• think verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.
• thought noun An idea or mental image formed in the mind.

Senses

Gedanke is used for these senses in English:

• notion Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
• think (chiefly, UK) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
• thought (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
• thought (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.

notion — full definition

1. noun An idea, belief, or understanding about something.
2. noun A small item used in sewing, such as a button or zipper.

think — full definition

1. verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.
2. verb To hold an opinion or belief.
3. verb To remember or call to mind.

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