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danken

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English

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Etymology

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From dank +‎ -en.

Verb

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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.

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch danken, from Old Dutch thancon, from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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danken

  1. (transitive) to thank

Conjugation

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Conjugation of danken (weak)
infinitive danken
past singular dankte
past participle gedankt
infinitive danken
gerund danken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dank dankte
2nd person sing. (jij) dankt, dank2 dankte
2nd person sing. (u) dankt dankte
2nd person sing. (gij) dankt dankte
3rd person singular dankt dankte
plural danken dankten
subjunctive sing.1 danke dankte
subjunctive plur.1 danken dankten
imperative sing. dank
imperative plur.1 dankt
participles dankend gedankt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German danken, from Old High German dankōn. Compare Dutch danken, English thank, Danish takke.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdaŋkn̩], [ˈdaŋkŋ̩], [ˈdaŋkən]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋkn̩
  • Hyphenation: dan‧ken

Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdaŋken/, [ˈdɑŋkən]

Verb

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danken (third-person singular present dankt, past participle gedankt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to thank

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive danken
participle gedankt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular danken
2nd singular danks dank
3rd singular dankt
1st plural danken
2nd plural dankt dankt
3rd plural danken

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Verb

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danken

  1. to thank [with accusative ‘for’]

Inflection

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Conjugation of danken (weak)
infinitive base form danken
genitive dankens
dative dankene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular danke danke
2nd person singular dancs, dankes dancs, dankes
3rd person singular danct, danket danke
1st person plural danken danken
2nd person plural danct, danket danct, danket
3rd person plural danken danken
imperative
singular danc, danke
plural danct, danket
present past
participle dankende

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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