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The article for

Denken

das Denken

Denken is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
no plural
English
thinking
Topic
Thinking

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Why is it das Denken?

Denken is the verb denken used as a noun, and verbs used as nouns are always neuter: das Denken.

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Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Setting to something

[1] Einstellung zu etwas

[2] Targeted mental activity

[2] zielgerichtete geistige Tätigkeit

Examples

[1] Law thinking is for many long-term partnership

[1] Rechtes Denken ist für viele längst gesellschaftsfähig.

[1] "Towards the end of the 19th century, eugenic thinking rapidly spread in the advanced industrialized nations, especially among doctors, also psychiatrists." [1]

[1] „Gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts verbreitete sich das eugenische Denken in den fortgeschrittenen Industrienationen rasch, vor allem unter Ärzten, auch Psychiatern.“[1]
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[2] Listen to thinking, we have to act

[2] Hör mit dem Denken auf, wir müssen handeln!

[2] The thinking of thought is thoughtless thinking

[2] Das Denken der Gedanken ist gedankenloses Denken.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Denken —
Genitiv des Denkens —
Dativ dem Denken —
Akkusativ das Denken —

Pronunciation

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