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einen Gedanken hegen

to harbor a thought/feeling

Türkçe: bir düşünce beslemek

Noun
der Gedanke m.
Verb
hegen
Topic
Bildung und Wissen
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Formal/literary

In a sentence

Which form of hegen fills the gap?

Er ____ schon lange den Gedanken, ein Buch zu schreiben.

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Er hegte schon lange den Gedanken, ein Buch zu schreiben.

How it is used

Means 'to harbor a thought/feeling' secretly or persistently. Formal/literary. Use when someone secretly suspects a colleague of dishonesty. Implies long-held, often negative, internal belief.

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