danken
English
Verb
danken (third-person singular simple present dankens, present participle dankening, simple past and past participle dankened)
- (transitive) To make dank (all senses)
- 2011, James Howerton, The Cold Days, page 196:
- They set out southward, skirting around the bison, tawny scouts wandering and studying the creatures, how they moved across the land. The rich manure of the herd dankened the wind.
Dutch
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch thancon, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑŋkə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: dan‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɑŋkən
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Descendants
German
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German dankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), English thank, Danish takke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdaŋkŋ̩], [ˈdaŋkən]
audio (file)
Verb
danken (weak, third-person singular present dankt, past tense dankte, past participle gedankt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, with dative) to thank
- Peter hat Michaela mit einem großen Blumenstrauß gedankt.
- Peter thanked Michaela with a big bouquet.
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
- Dank
- danke
- verdanken
- denken
- danke dir, danke Ihnen, danke schön, danke sehr, danke vielmals, die Firma dankt, ich habe zu danken, man dankt, wir haben zu danken
- jemandem auf Knien danken, jemandem von ganzem Herzen danken
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German thankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), English thank.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaŋken/, [ˈdɑŋkən]
Verb
danken (third-person singular present dankt, past participle gedankt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to thank
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Middle Dutch
Inflection
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | danken | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | danken | |
| In genitive | dankens | |
| In dative | dankene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | danke | — |
| 2nd singular | dancs, dankes | — |
| 3rd singular | danct, danket | — |
| 1st plural | danken | — |
| 2nd plural | danct, danket | — |
| 3rd plural | danken | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | danke | — |
| 2nd singular | dancs, dankes | — |
| 3rd singular | danke | — |
| 1st plural | danken | — |
| 2nd plural | danct, danket | — |
| 3rd plural | danken | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | danc, danke | |
| Plural | danct, danket | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | dankende | — |
Derived terms
- bedanken
- gedanken
- misdanken
- ontdanken
- voldanken
- wandanken
- wēderdanken
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Limburgish: danke
Further reading
- “danken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “danken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN