denken
Luxembourgish verb conjugation — to think · /dˈæŋkən/
French penser, réfléchir · German denken, überlegen · Portuguese pensar, raciocinar
In short: ech denken, du denks, hien denkt, mir denken, dir denkt, si denken — and in the past, ech hu geduecht.
Present
Presens
| ech | denken |
| du | denks |
| hien / hatt / et | denkt |
| mir | denken |
| dir | denkt |
| si | denken |
Perfect
Passé composé — the everyday past
| ech | hu geduecht |
| du | hues geduecht |
| hien / hatt / et | huet geduecht |
| mir | hu geduecht |
| dir | hutt geduecht |
| si | hu geduecht |
Simple past
Imperfekt — used with a few verbs only
| ech | duecht |
| du | duechts |
| hien / hatt / et | duecht |
| mir | duechten |
| dir | duecht |
| si | duechten |
Past perfect
Plusquamperfekt
| ech | hat geduecht |
| du | has geduecht |
| hien / hatt / et | hat geduecht |
| mir | hate geduecht |
| dir | hat geduecht |
| si | hate geduecht |
Conditional perfect
would have …
| ech | hätt geduecht |
| du | häss geduecht |
| hien / hatt / et | hätt geduecht |
| mir | hätte geduecht |
| dir | hätt geduecht |
| si | hätte geduecht |
Imperative
Commands
| du | denk! |
| dir | denkt! |
denken in sentences
- ech ka vu Middegkeet net méi kloer denken
- mäi grousse Brudder denkt nach ëmmer ewéi e Kand
- dat do gëtt mer ze denken! dat do bréngt mech derzou nozedenken dat do bréngt mech derzou ëmzedenken
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Questions about denken
How do you conjugate denken in the present tense?
ech denken, du denks, hien / hatt / et denkt, mir denken, dir denkt, si denken.
What is the past participle of denken?
geduecht.
Does denken take hunn or sinn in the perfect?
hunn: ech hu geduecht.
How do you say "I think" in Luxembourgish?
Ech denken.
Does denken have a simple past?
Yes: ech duecht, du duechts, hien duecht. Most Luxembourgish verbs use only the perfect.
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