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  Gedanken
       
          John Reynolds, 1970.  "GEDANKEN - A Simple Typeless Language
          Based on the Principle of Completeness and the Reference
          Concept", J.C.  Reynolds, CACM 13(5):308-319 (May 1970).
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
       

  gedanken
       
          /g*-dahn'kn/ Ungrounded; impractical; not well-thought-out;
          untried; untested.
       
          "Gedanken" is a German word for "thought".  A thought
          experiment is one you carry out in your head.  In physics, the
          term "gedanken experiment" is used to refer to an experiment
          that is impractical to carry out, but useful to consider
          because it can be reasoned about theoretically.  (A classic
          gedanken experiment of relativity theory involves thinking
          about a man in an elevator accelerating through space.)
          Gedanken experiments are very useful in physics, but must be
          used with care.  It's too easy to idealise away some important
          aspect of the real world in constructing the "apparatus".
       
          Among hackers, accordingly, the word has a pejorative
          connotation.  It is typically used of a project, especially
          one in artificial intelligence research, that is written up in
          grand detail (typically as a Ph.D.  thesis) without ever being
          implemented to any great extent.  Such a project is usually
          perpetrated by people who aren't very good hackers or find
          programming distasteful or are just in a hurry.  A "gedanken
          thesis" is usually marked by an obvious lack of intuition
          about what is programmable and what is not, and about what
          does and does not constitute a clear specification of an
          algorithm.  See also AI-complete, DWIM.
       
       

  gedanken /g*-dahn'kn/ adj. Ungrounded; impractical; not
     well-thought-out; untried; untested.
  
     `Gedanken' is a German word for `thought'. A thought experiment is one
     you carry out in your head. In physics, the term `gedanken experiment'
     is used to refer to an experiment that is impractical to carry out, but
     useful to consider because it can be reasoned about theoretically. (A
     classic gedanken experiment of relativity theory involves thinking about
     a man in an elevator accelerating through space.) Gedanken experiments
     are very useful in physics, but must be used with care. It's too easy to
     idealize away some important aspect of the real world in constructing
     the `apparatus'.
  
     Among hackers, accordingly, the word has a pejorative connotation. It
     is typically used of a project, especially one in artificial
     intelligence research, that is written up in grand detail (typically as
     a Ph.D. thesis) without ever being implemented to any great extent. Such
     a project is usually perpetrated by people who aren't very good hackers
     or find programming distasteful or are just in a hurry. A `gedanken
     thesis' is usually marked by an obvious lack of intuition about what is
     programmable and what is not, and about what does and does not
     constitute a clear specification of an algorithm. See also
     AI-complete, DWIM.
  
  

  Gedanken
     German n.
     1 (plural of de Gedanke)
     2 (inflection of de Gedanke  acc s)
     3 (inflection of de Gedanke  dat s)
     Luxembourgish n.
     thought, idea

  Gedanken
     German n.
     1 (plural of de Gedanke)
     2 (inflection of de Gedanke  acc s)
     3 (inflection of de Gedanke  dat s)
     Luxembourgish n.
     thought, idea

  Gedanken
     German n.
     1 (plural of de Gedanke)
     2 (inflection of de Gedanke  acc s)
     3 (inflection of de Gedanke  dat s)
     Luxembourgish n.
     thought, idea

  Gedanken
     Saksa n.
     1 (taivm-y-akk de Gedanke luok=s)
     2 (taivm-y-dat de Gedanke luok=s)
     3 (taivm-mon de Gedanken luok=s)

  Gedanken
     Tyska n.
     (böjning de subst Gedanke)

  Gedanken /ɡədˈaŋkən/ 
  thoughts
        "bei dem Gedanken an"  - at the thought of
        "in Gedanken versunken"  - lost in thought, absorbed in thought
        "in Gedanken versunken sein"  - be sunk in thoughts, be lost in thought
        "sich in Gedanken verlieren"  - be sunk in thoughts, be lost in thought
        "sich über etw. Gedanken machen"  - be concerned about sth.
        "sich über etw. keine Gedanken machen"  - be unconcerned about
        "einen Gedanken verdrängen"  - obliterate a thought
        "sich (ganz) in die Gedanken eines anderen versetzen"  - shift (oneself) (completely) into the thoughts of another, think another's thoughts, get into another's mind
        "seine Gedanken niederlegen"  - write down one's thoughts
     Synonym: Einfälle
  
   see: Gedanke, Einfall, in Gedanken, schwarze Gedanken, finstere Gedanken
  

  Gedanken /ɡədˈaŋkən/ 
  ideas
        "sich mit dem Gedanken vertraut machen, dass …"  - get used to the idea that …
        "auf den Gedanken kommen / auf die Idee kommen, etw. zu tun"  - conceive the idea of doing sth.
     Synonyms: Ideen, Vorstellungen
  
   see: Gedanke, Idee, Vorstellung, fixe Idee, Vorstellungskomplex, Ideenkomplex
  

  Gedanken /ɡədˈaŋkən/ 
  mind
           Note: in set phrases
        "auf andere Gedanken kommen"  - take your mind off things
        "jdn. auf andere Gedanken bringen"  - take sb.'s mind off things
        "mit seinen Gedanken (ganz) woanders sein"  - have your mind on sth. else
   see: sich ablenken, jdn. von etw. ablenken, jdn. etw. vergessen lassen, mit anderen Dingen (mehr) beschäftigt sein, an etw. unbefangen/unbelastet herangehen, geistig erholt/ausgeruht an die Arbeit gehen, Du denkst auch immer nur an das eine!
  
           Note: in festen Wendungen

  Gedanken /ɡədˈaŋkən/
  heş

  Gedanken /ɡədˈaŋkən/ 
  fikir

  Gedanken /ɡədˈaŋkən/ 
  düşünce

  Gedanken /dʒˈɛdaŋkən/
  جيدانكين

  
/gədaˈŋkən/