thank

See also thanks

English

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

From Old English þanc, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz. Compare Dutch dank, German Dank.

Noun

thank (plural thanks)

1. (obsolete) An expression of appreciation; a thought.
   • Bible, Luke vi. 33

     If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

   • Milton

     What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?

Etymology 2

From Old English þancian, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Compare Dutch and German danken.

Verb

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

1. To 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)
• Galician: agradecer (gl)
• German: danken (de), sich bedanken (de)
• Greek: ευχαριστώ (el) (efcharistó), ευγνωμονώ (el) (evgnomonó)
• Hindi: धन्यवाद देना (hi) (dhanyavād denā), शुक्रिया करना (hi) (shukriyā karnā)
• Hungarian: megköszön (hu), köszön (hu)
• Italian: ringraziare (it)
• Japanese: 感謝する (ja) (かんしゃする, kansha-suru)

• Korean: 감사하다 (ko) (gamsa-hada)
• Latin: gratias ago (la)
• Maori: whakawhetai (mi)
• 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)
• Zulu: -bonga (zu)
• ǃXóõ: 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 (sh)

  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