Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thinken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thinken
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

plural simple present of think

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And when the ſhining ſunne laugheth once, You deemen, the Spꝛing is come attonce. Tho gynne you, fond flyes, the cold to ſcoꝛne, And, crowing in pypes made of greene coꝛne, You thinken to be Loꝛds of the yeare."
"[…] but other guides have gi'en them ſeck* fine neames, we do naw recollect um; but we mun naw contract um, as they thinken umſelves cleverer folks than we are.""
"So lung as they dunno' know ut they could scrat th' top o' their stable wi' their ears they thinken they're hosses, an' worken like 'em."

Etymology

From Middle English thinken, thenchen, equivalent to think + -en.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: thinken
Suffix: think

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does thinken mean?: plural simple present of think
Where does thinken come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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