thank

See also thanks

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: thăngk IPA: /θæŋk/ SAMPA: /T{Nk/
• (UK, US) IPA: [θæŋk]
• (æ-tensing, NY) IPA: [θeɪŋk]

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

Old English þanc

Noun

thank (plural thanks)

1. (obsolete) An expression of appreciation; a thought.

Etymology 2

Old English þancian

Verb

thank (third-person singular simple present thanks, present participle thanking, simple past and past participle thanked)

1. express gratitude or appreciation to someone

   She thanked him for the lift

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness; and Dorothy exclaimed:

2. credit or hold something responsible

   We can thank global warming for this weather

Translations

express gratitude or appreciation to someone

Adangme: tsumi American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp Arabic: شكر (ar) (shákara) Catalan: agrair (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 感謝 (cmn), 感谢 (cmn) (gǎnxiè), 道謝 (cmn), 道谢 (cmn) (dàoxiè) Czech: děkovat (cs), poděkovat (cs) Dutch: danken (nl) Finnish: kiittää (fi) French: remercier (fr) German: danken (de) Greek: ευχαριστώ (el) (efcharistó), ευγνωμονώ (el) (evgnomonó) Hindi: धन्यवाद देना (hi) (dhanyavād denā), शुक्रिया करना (hi) (shukriyā karnā) Hungarian: megköszön (hu), köszön (hu) Japanese: 感謝する (ja) (かんしゃする, kansha-suru) Korean: 감사하다 (ko) (gamsa-hada)

Latin: gratias ago (la) Norwegian: takke (no) Persian: سپاسگزاری (fa) (sepâsgozâri) Polish: dziękować (pl) Portuguese: agradecer (pt) Russian: благодарить (ru) (blagodarít') impf., поблагодарить (ru) (poblagodarít') pf. Scottish Gaelic: thoir taing do (gd) Slovak: ďakovať (sk), poďakovať (sk) Spanish: agradecer (es) Swedish: tacka (sv) Thai: ขอบคุณ (th) (kòp-kun), ขอบใจ (th) (kòp-jai), ขอบพระคุณ (th) (kòp-prá-kun) Turkish: teşekkür etmek (tr) Ukrainian: дякувати (uk) (djákuvaty), подякувати (uk) (podjákuvaty) Vietnamese: cám ơn (vi), biết ơn (vi) !Xóõ: da̰ã

credit or hold something responsible

American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp Czech: poděkovat (cs) Finnish: kiittää (fi) Greek: ευχαριστώ (el) (efcharistó)

Hungarian: köszön (hu) Norwegian: takke (no) Slovak: poďakovať (sk)

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Belarusian: дзякаваць Serbo-Croatian: zahvaliti Dutch: bedanken German: danken, bedanken Hindi: धन्यवाद देना (dhanyavād denā), शुक्रिया करना (shukriyā karnā) Italian: ringraziare Latin: grātiās agō

Romanian: mulțumi Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: захвалити (sr) Roman: zahvaliti, blagodariti Slovene: zahvaliti Spanish: agradecer Ukrainian: дякувати

Related terms

• thanks
• thank you

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Scots

Verb

tae thank (third-person singular simple present thanks, present participle thankin, simple past thankit, past participle thankit)

1. to thank