dünken
German, verb[ˈdʏŋkn]
dünken is spelled D-Ü-N-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dünken is a German verb meaning “to seem (to appear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von jemandem so wahrgenommen, empfunden werden”.
What does dünken mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto seem (to appear)
mich (mir) dünkt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von jemandem so wahrgenommen, empfunden werden 2. hochmütig sein, überheblich sein; sich als jemand Besonderen betrachten
verb: 1. als Spieler sehr hoch springen und den Ball von oben gleichsam in den Korb „legen“
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dünken
- dünkt present singular third-person
- deuchte past
- gedeucht participle past
- dünkte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- dünkend participle present
- dünke first-person indicative present
- dünkst indicative present second-person
- dünkest second-person singular subjunctive
- dünket plural second-person subjunctive
- deuchten first-person indicative plural
- dünkten first-person formal plural
- deuchtest indicative preterite second-person
- deuchtet indicative plural preterite
- dünktest formal rare second-person
- dünktet formal plural rare
- dünk imperative second-person singular
- habe gedeucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dünken?
- [ˈdʏŋkn]
- [ˈdʏŋkn̩]
- [ˈdʏŋkŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dünken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dünken in German?
dünken appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).