danken

English

Etymology

From dank + -en.

Verb

danken (third-person singular simple present dankens, present participle dankening, simple past and past participle dankened)

  1. (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)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dan‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkən

Verb

danken

  1. (transitive) to thank

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dank
  • Negerhollands: danki, dankie
  • Papiamentu: dank
  • Sranan Tongo: danki
    • Arawak: dankidin

Anagrams

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]
  • (file)

Verb

danken (weak, third-person singular present dankt, past tense dankte, past participle gedankt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (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)

  • 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

Further reading

  • danken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • danken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • danken” in Duden online
  • danken” in OpenThesaurus.de

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)

  1. (transitive) to thank

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thancon, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank + -en.

Verb

danken

  1. to thank [+accusative = for]

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

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