omdenken
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From om (“around”) + denken (“to think”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]omdenken
- to flip-think, to rethink, to look at the problem differently so that it transforms in an opportunity
- Door om te denken ga je anders tegen de dingen aankijken dan je in eerste instantie zou doen. ― By flip-thinking you will look at things differently than you would initially.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of omdenken (weak with past in -cht, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | omdenken | |||
past singular | dacht om | |||
past participle | omgedacht | |||
infinitive | omdenken | |||
gerund | omdenken n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | denk om | dacht om | omdenk | omdacht |
2nd person sing. (jij) | denkt om, denk om2 | dacht om | omdenkt | omdacht |
2nd person sing. (u) | denkt om | dacht om | omdenkt | omdacht |
2nd person sing. (gij) | denkt om | dacht om | omdenkt | omdacht |
3rd person singular | denkt om | dacht om | omdenkt | omdacht |
plural | denken om | dachten om | omdenken | omdachten |
subjunctive sing.1 | denke om | dachte om | omdenke | omdachte |
subjunctive plur.1 | denken om | dachten om | omdenken | omdachten |
imperative sing. | denk om | |||
imperative plur.1 | denkt om | |||
participles | omdenkend | omgedacht | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |