bedanken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bedanken. Equivalent to be- +‎ danken.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bedanken

  1. (transitive) to thank
    Ik wil jullie allemaal bedanken voor dit geweldig feest.
    I want to thank all of you for this fantastic party.
  2. (intransitive) to decline, to reject [+ voor (object)] (with connotations of politeness)
    Quinten besloot om te bedanken voor de aangeboden baan.
    Quinten decided to respectfully reject the job that was offered.

Inflection

Conjugation of bedanken (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bedanken
past singular bedankte
past participle bedankt
infinitive bedanken
gerund bedanken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bedank bedankte
2nd person sing. (jij) bedankt bedankte
2nd person sing. (u) bedankt bedankte
2nd person sing. (gij) bedankt bedankte
3rd person singular bedankt bedankte
plural bedanken bedankten
subjunctive sing.1 bedanke bedankte
subjunctive plur.1 bedanken bedankten
imperative sing. bedank
imperative plur.1 bedankt
participles bedankend bedankt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bedank

German

Pronunciation

Verb

bedanken

  1. (reflexive) to thank
    Ich bedanke mich bei dir für alles.
    I thank you for everything.
    Dafür bedanke ich mich!
    No thanks! or No thanks, you can keep it! (while feeling aversion)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From be- +‎ danken.

Verb

bedanken

  1. to oblige to thank

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading