denkste
German, interjection
denkste is spelled D-E-N-K-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Denkste is a German interjection meaning “Emphasizes that something is not, or has not turned out, as one would have expected, often expressing irritation at this and/or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does denkste mean in English?
contraction
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colloquialcontraction of denkst du
Denkste, ich bin doof?
interjection
- 1
Emphasizes that something is not, or has not turned out, as one would have expected, often expressing irritation at this and/or characterizing the expectation as naive.
Nach 3:0 zur Halbzeit war der Sieg natürlich fest eingeplant. Denkste! 3:3 stand's am Ende.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of denkste
- denkste! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is denkste in German?
denkste appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).