Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thinkest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: think-est
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of think

Archaic

Example Sentences

""How thinkest thou that I rule this people? I have but a regiment of guards to do my bidding, therefore it is not by force. It is by terror.""

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think English -est English thinkest From think + -est.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

think'st (alternative) thinkst (alternative)

Questions

What does thinkest mean?: second-person singular simple present indicative of think
Where does thinkest come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think English -est English thinkest From think + -est.

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