denken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- believe verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
- feel verb To become aware of something through the sense of touch.
- guess verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
- think verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.
- thinking noun The process of using your mind to consider or reason about something.
Senses
denken is used for these senses in English:
- believe (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
- believe (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
- feel (transitive) To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
- guess (chiefly, US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- guess (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
- think (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- think (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- think (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
believe — full definition
- verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
- verb To accept that a person is telling the truth.
- verb To have religious or spiritual faith.
- verb (with "in") To trust in someone's ability, or to feel something is right or worthwhile.
feel — full definition
- verb To become aware of something through the sense of touch.
- verb To experience an emotion or mental state.
- verb To believe or have an impression about something.
- noun A general impression or atmosphere of something.