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danken
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English
Etymology
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.
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch danken, from Old Dutch thancon, from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
danken
- (transitive) to thank
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German danken, from Old High German dankōn. Compare Dutch danken, English thank, Danish takke.
Pronunciation
Verb
danken (weak, third-person singular present dankt, past tense dankte, past participle gedankt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to thank [with dative ‘someone’]
- Peter hat Michaela mit einem großen Blumenstrauß gedankt.
- Peter thanked Michaela with a big bouquet.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Japanese
Romanization
danken
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German danken, from Old High German thankōn. Cognate with German danken, Dutch danken, English thank.
Pronunciation
Verb
danken (third-person singular present dankt, past participle gedankt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to thank
Conjugation
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
Verb
danken
- to thank [with accusative ‘for’]
Inflection
Derived terms
- bedanken
- gedanken
- misdanken
- ontdanken
- voldanken
- wandanken
- wēderdanken
Descendants
Further reading
- “danken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “danken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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