Meanings
past methought · alternative methinketh · alternative me thinketh · alternative me thinks · alternative mythinks · alternative my thinks
- archaiccontractionhumorousIt seems to me.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]3 more examples
methinks the truth should live from age to age,
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]And then methought my dream changed, and two Great Giants with heading-axes came striding over the bed, […]
1862 February, George Augustus [Henry] Sala, “The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous; a Narrative in Plain English, […] Chapter the Fourth. My Grandmother Dies, and I am Left Alone, without So Much as a Name.”, in George Augustus Sala, editor, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume IV, London: Office of "Temple Bar," 122 Fleet Street; Ward and Lock, 158 Fleet Street; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers, →OCLC, page 304Dr. Tobias Funke: Methinks a cupid I shall play.
2003, “Bringing Up Buster”, in Arrested Development
Origin
- Old Englishmē
- Middle Englishme thinketh
- Englishmethinks
From Middle English me thinketh from Old English mē þynceþ (from þyncan (“to seem”)); equivalent to me (indirect object pronoun, as in “show me it”) + think (“to seem”). Compare synonymous Flemish me dunkt, German mir/mich dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir). Compare meseems.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic يَبْدُو لِي
- يَبْدُو لِي (yabdū lī)it seems to me
Bulgarian струва ми се
- струва ми се (struva mi se)it seems to me
Chinese Mandarin 據我看來 /据我看来, 依我看來 /依我看来
- 據我看來 /据我看来 (jù wǒ kàn lái)it seems to me
- 依我看來 /依我看来 (yī wǒ kàn lái)it seems to me
- 我認為 /我认为 (wǒ rènwéi)it seems to me
Czech mně se zdá
- mně se zdáit seems to me
Dutch me dunkt
- me dunktit seems to me
Estonian mulle tundub, minu meelest
- mulle tundubit seems to me
- minu meelestit seems to me
Finnish minusta tuntuu, mielestäni
- minusta tuntuuit seems to me
- mielestäniit seems to me
French il me semble, il m'apparaît
- il me sembleit seems to me
- il m'apparaîtit seems to me
- m'est avisit seems to me
German mich dünkt, mir dünkt
- mich dünktit seems to me
- mir dünktit seems to me
Greek μου φαίνεται
- μου φαίνεται (mou faínetai)it seems to me
Hebrew חושבני, חושבתני
- חושבני (khoshváni)it seems to me
- חושבתני (khoshvátni)it seems to me
Hungarian úgy tűnik, olybá tűnik
- úgy tűnikit seems to me
- olybá tűnikit seems to me
Icelandic mér virðist, mér sýnist
- mér virðistit seems to me
- mér sýnistit seems to me
Italian mi sembra, mi pare
- mi sembrait seems to me
- mi pareit seems to me
Japanese 私が思うに
- 私が思うに (watashi ga omou ni)it seems to me
Lithuanian manding
- mandingit seems to me
Norwegian det synes meg
- det synes megit seems to me
Polish moim zdaniem, na moje
- moim zdaniemit seems to me
- na mojeit seems to me
- na mój rozumit seems to me
- po mojemuit seems to me
- w moich oczachit seems to me
- w moim odczuciuit seems to me
- w moim przekonaniuit seems to me
- w mojej opiniiit seems to me
- według mnieit seems to me
Portuguese me parece, parece-me
- me pareceit seems to me
- parece-meit seems to me
Romanian îmi pare, mi se pare
- îmi pareit seems to me
- mi se pareit seems to me
Russian мне ка́жется, кажи́сь
- мне ка́жется (mne kážetsja)it seems to me
- кажи́сь (kažísʹ)it seems to me
- похо́же (poxóže)it seems to me
- похо́ду (poxódu)it seems to me
- сдаётся (sdajótsja)it seems to me
- по-мо́ему (po-mójemu)it seems to me
Slovak zdá sa mi
- zdá sa miit seems to me
Spanish me parece
- me pareceit seems to me
Swedish det tycks mig, det synes mig
- det tycks migit seems to me
- det synes migit seems to me
- mig tyckesit seems to me
Tamil எனக்கு ... என்று தோன்றுது
- எனக்கு ... என்று தோன்றுது (eṉakku ... eṉṟu tōṉṟutu)it seems to me
Turkish sanırım ki, galiba
- sanırım kiit seems to me
- galibait seems to me
- bana öyle gelir kiit seems to me
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with methinks
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methinks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methinks
“methinks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methinks. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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