Infinitive
thinken; to thinken; thinke
Participles
| Present | thinkende; thinkynge |
| Past | ithought; thought; ythought |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | thinke |
| 2nd sing. | thinkest |
| 3rd sing. | thinketh |
| 1st plur. | thinken; thinke; thinketh |
| 2nd plur. | thinken; thinke; thinketh |
| 3rd plur. | thinken; thinke; thinketh |
Past
| 1st sing. | thought; thoughte |
| 2nd sing. | thoughtest |
| 3rd sing. | thought; thoughte |
| 1st plur. | thoughten; thoughte |
| 2nd plur. | thoughten; thoughte |
| 3rd plur. | thoughten; thoughte |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | thinke |
| 2nd sing. | thinke |
| 3rd sing. | thinke |
Past
| 1st sing. | thoughte |
| 2nd sing. | thoughte |
| 3rd sing. | thoughte |
Imperative
| Singular | thinke |
| Plural | thinketh; thinke |
Verbs conjugated like thinken
thinken,
Etymology
From Old English þenċan (“to think”)
Verbs referencing "thinken"
English
think, Scots
hink.
Sample Sentences
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And in the menewhile that thei thoughten upon these thinges that thei hadde seyn, the squyer com the thridde tyme and smote his lorde sorer than he hadde don before. (And in the meanwhile that they thought upon these things that they had seen, the squire came the third time and struck his lord sorer than he had done before.) [c. 1450, Prose Merlin:]
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And for their mistress, thoughten the two swains,
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They moughten never take too mickle pains; [1589, George Peele, An Eclogue Gratulatory:]
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All the giants thoughten then
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To have strucke out Sir Gawaines braine. [c. 1500, The Turke and Sir Gawain:]
Cognates
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