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danken

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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.
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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑŋkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dan‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkən

Verb

danken

  1. (transitive) to thank

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Anagrams

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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)

  1. (intransitive) to thank [with dative ‘someone’]
    Peter hat Michaela mit einem großen Blumenstrauß gedankt.
    Peter thanked Michaela with a big bouquet.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Romanization

danken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of だんけん

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German danken, from Old High German thankōn. Cognate with German danken, Dutch danken, 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

More information infinitive, participle ...

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thancon. Equivalent to dank + -en.

Verb

danken

  1. to thank [with accusative ‘for’]

Inflection

More information infinitive, base form ...

Derived terms

  • bedanken
  • gedanken
  • misdanken
  • ontdanken
  • voldanken
  • wandanken
  • wēderdanken

Descendants

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