bedenken

comes up with / thinks of

/bəˈdɛŋkt/verb

How it is spelled and how it sounds

The letter 'n' before 'k' is pronounced as the velar nasal /ŋ/ (like 'ng' in 'sing'), while the 'e' in the unstressed prefix 'be-' is reduced to a schwa /ə/.

denkento thinkbedankento thankschenkento pour / to donate

In connected speech

In rapid connected speech, the final /t/ in 'bedenkt' is often dropped when followed by a word starting with a consonant (e.g., 'hij bedenkt zich' sounds like 'hij bedenk zich').

In the lessons (1 sentence)

s2-les-09 · 31Ze bedenkt toch nog iets anders omdat ze niet wil dat Marieke met Martin afspreekt.So she comes up with something else, because she doesn't want Marieke to meet up with Martin.Open in lesson ↗

In the frequency dictionary

Core #793

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