Definition
An idea or mental impression that a person forms.
Translations
- English
- thought
- Français
- pensée
- Türkçe
- düşünce
- Polski
- myśl
- Русский
- мысль
- Українська
- думка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Gedanke
- B1
- Noun
- Emotions & Personality
- Communication
thought
/deːɐ̯ ɡəˈdaŋkə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Gedanken
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Emotions & PersonalityPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Dieser Gedanke ließ ihn nicht mehr los.NominativSing.He could not get this thought out of his mind.
- Der Gedanke gefällt mir.NominativSing.I like the idea.
- Ich habe einen interessanten Gedanken.AkkusativSing.I have an interesting thought.
- Mit diesem Gedanken gehe ich nach Hause.DativSing.I go home with this thought.
- Viele Gedanken gehen mir durch den Kopf.NominativPlur.Many thoughts go through my mind.
- Sie schrieb ihre Gedanken in ein Notizbuch.AkkusativPlur.She wrote her thoughts in a notebook.
- Ich schreibe meine Gedanken auf.AkkusativPlur.I write down my thoughts.
- Mit diesen Gedanken kann ich nicht schlafen.DativPlur.I cannot sleep with these thoughts.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Gedanke/ɡəˈdaŋkə/
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Article phrase
der Gedanke/deːɐ̯ ɡəˈdaŋkə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Gedanke | die Gedanken |
| Akkusativ | den Gedanke | die Gedanken |
| Dativ | dem Gedanke | den Gedanken |
| Genitiv | des Gedankens | der Gedanken |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
This section is currently being prepared.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymEinfall — sudden idea
A Gedanke is more general; a Einfall refers specifically to a thought that arises suddenly, often creatively.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word