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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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      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[1] (in German)
      • danken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
      • danken” in Duden online
      • danken” in OpenThesaurus.de

      Japanese

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      Romanization

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      danken

      1. Rōmaji transcription of だんけん

      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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      Further reading

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