takk

See also: tak, taak, täkk, and так

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *takku. Cognate Finnish and Votic takku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkː/, [ˈtɑkː]
• Rhymes: -ɑkː
• Hyphenation: takk

Noun

takk (genitive taku, partitive takku)

1. tow (a tangle of short fibers and woody plant parts obtained from the processing of flax, hemp, or other fibrous plants)

   Synonym: (dialectal) pakal

Declension

Declension of takk (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		takk	takud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	taku
genitive			takkude
partitive		takku	takke takkusid
illative		takku takusse	takkudesse takesse
inessive		takus	takkudes takes
elative		takust	takkudest takest
allative		takule	takkudele takele
adessive		takul	takkudel takel
ablative		takult	takkudelt takelt
translative		takuks	takkudeks takeks
terminative		takuni	takkudeni
essive		takuna	takkudena
abessive		takuta	takkudeta
comitative		takuga	takkudega

Compounds

• kanepitakk
• linatakk
• ropsitakk
• sugetakud

References

• takk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “takk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk (whence inherited Faroese tøkk), from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

Noun

takk f (genitive singular takkar, plural takkir)

1. thank

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	takk	takkin	takkir	takkirnar
accusative	takk	takkina	takkir	takkirnar
dative	takk	takkini	takkum	takkunum
genitive	takkar	takkarinnar	takka	takkanna

Interjection

takk

1. thank you, thanks

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk (whence inherited Icelandic þökk), from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Cognates include Faroese and Norwegian takk, Danish tak, Swedish tack, English thank, West Frisian tank, Dutch dank and German Dank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʰahk]
• Rhymes: -ahk

Interjection

takk

1. thank you, thanks
2. please: used to make a polite request.

   Einn kaffibolla, takk.

   One cup of coffee, please.

   Já, takk.

   Yes, please.

Usage notes

• The interjection takk (borrowed from Danish) is a cognate of þökk (“a thank, thanks”), itself inherited directly from Old Norse.
• The term þökk is used as a noun, and rarely as an interjection by itself. The derived term þökk fyrir can be used as an interjection.

Synonyms

• takk fyrir
• þökk
• þökk fyrir
• þakka þér (singular); þakka yður (singular, formal; rare)
• þakka þér fyrir (singular); þakka yður fyrir (singular, formal; rare)

Derived terms

• takk fyrir í dag (“thanks for today”)
• takk fyrir í gær (“thanks for yesterday”)
• takk fyrir í kvöld (“thanks for tonight”)
• takk fyrir mig (“thanks for myself”) (commonly said to a host for having been received as a guest; both after dining and when departing)
• takk fyrir síðast, takk fyrir seinast (“thanks for last time”)

Related terms

• þakka (“to thank”)
• takk kærlega (“thank you dearly; thank you very much”)
• kærar þakkir (“dear thanks; thank you very much”)
• þúsund þakkir (“thousand thanks”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Equivalent cognates: Danish tak, Faroese tøkk, Icelandic þökk, Swedish tack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak/, [tɑk]

Interjection

takk

1. thank you, thanks

Derived terms

• mange takk
• tusen takk

Etymology 2

Verb

takk

1. imperative of takke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þǫkk.

Interjection

takk

1. thank you, thanks

Synonyms

• hjarteleg

Derived terms

• mange takk
• takk skal du ha
• tusen takk