tenke

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. binde sammen forestillinger til tanker, drive tankevirksomhet;
   resonnereto reason, to think through to connect ideas into thoughts, to engage in thinking;
   to reason, to think throughresonnere
   • tenke klart to think clearly
   • tenke farlige tanker to think dangerous thoughts
   • tenke i bilder to think in images
   • han tenker ikke før han taler he doesn't think before he speaks
   • sitte og tenke to sit thinking
   • den var stor, tenkte hun it was big, she thought
   brukt som adjektiv: used as an adjective:

   • et tenkende menneske a thinking person
   • tenkende vesener thinking beings
2. rette bevisstheten mot noe to turn one's attention to something
   • hun tenkte ikke noe mer over det she didn't think about it any further
   • han kom til å tenke på broren sin he happened to think of his brother
   • prøve å ikke tenke på det to try not to think about it
3. forestille seg, se for seg to imagine, to picture to oneself
   • la oss tenke oss følgende: … let us imagine the following: …
   • det er lett å tenke seg en slik løsning it's easy to imagine such a solution
   • jeg kan tenke meg at det var vanskelig I can imagine it was difficult
   brukt som adjektiv: used as an adjective:

   • et tenkt tilfelle a hypothetical case
   • for å ta et tenkt eksempel to take a hypothetical example
4. ha forsett om, ha i sinne;
   akte (4)to mean to to intend, to have in mind;
   to mean toakte (4)
   • hva har du tenkt å gjøre? what do you intend to do?
   • tenke på å gå to be thinking of leaving
   • jeg tenker meg til fjells i helgen I'm planning to head up to the mountains this weekend
   • jeg har tenkt å flytte I intend to move
5. ha omsorg for, ta hensyn til to care about, to be considerate of
   • ikke tenk på meg don't worry about me
   • prøv å tenke litt på andre iblant try to think of others now and then
6. ha som synspunkt;
   mene (3)to believe, synes (3)to have the impression to hold as one's opinion;
   to believemene (3), to have the impressionsynes (3)
   • hva tenker du om saken? what do you think about the matter?
   • ikke bry seg med hva andre tenker not to care what others think
   • de tenkte det var lurt å starte tidlig they thought it was wise to start early
   • jeg tenker det er for tidlig å si noe sikkert I think it's too early to say anything for certain
7. brukt for å uttrykke forundring used to express astonishment
   • tenk det! imagine that!
   • tenke seg til at du er her! just think, you're here!

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