tanke

See also: tenke, tänka, tǎnkè, and tænke

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tankə/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ə]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish tanckæ, borrowed from Middle Low German danke (with the initial consonant of the related verb Danish tænke (“think”). The Middle Low German word has also been borrowed to Swedish tanke, Norwegian tanke, and Icelandic þanki.

Noun

tanke c (singular definite tanken, plural indefinite tanker)

1. thought
2. idea
3. intension

Inflection

Declension of tanke

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tanke	tanken	tanker	tankerne
genitive	tankes	tankens	tankers	tankernes

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• tanks

Noun

tanke c

1. indefinite plural of tank

Verb

tanke (imperative tank, infinitive at tanke, present tense tanker, past tense tankede, perfect tense har tanket)

1. tank up, fill up
2. refuel

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Dutch

Verb

tanke

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tanken

Anagrams

• akten, kante, taken

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Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• danke

Etymology

From Old High German dankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋ.kə/

Verb

tanke

1. to thank
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, Associação Internacional de Lingüística – SIL Brasil, page 30:

     awer, ap xeele, tanke, knaps – mas, descascar, agradecer, rarefeito.

     but, to peel, to thank, scarce – but, to peel, to thank, scarce

     (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German danke, and Old Norse þanki.

Noun

tanke m (definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tanker, definite plural tankene)

1. thought
2. intent
3. idea
4. an imaginary small unit of something; a tad

Derived terms

Terms derived from tanke (noun)

• ettertanke
• hovedtanke
• mistanke

• omtanke
• tankefull
• tankegang

• tankemønster
• tankevekkende

Related terms

• tenke (verb)

Etymology 2

From the noun tank

Verb

tanke (present tense tanker, past tense tanka or tanket, past participle tanka or tanket)

1. to tank, tank up, fill up, (put fuel into a tank)

References

• “tanke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tɑŋkə/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German danke, and Old Norse þanki.

Noun

tanke m (definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tankar, definite plural tankane)

1. thought
2. intent
3. idea

Derived terms

• ettertanke
• mistanke
• omtanke

• tankefull
• tankegang
• tankemønster

Etymology 2

Verb

tanke (present tense tankar, past tense tanka, past participle tanka, passive infinitive tankast, present participle tankande, imperative tank)

1. Alternative form of tanka

References

• “tanke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

tanke

1. inflection of tanak:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þanke, borrowed from Middle Low German danke, with the initial consonant of the related verb Swedish tänka (“think”). The Middle Low German word has also been borrowed to Danish tanke, Norwegian tanke, and Icelandic þanki.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tanke c

1. thought

Declension

Declension of tanke
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tanke	tanken	tankar	tankarna
Genitive	tankes	tankens	tankars	tankarnas

See also

• tänka
• tankeverksamhet

Anagrams

• akten, naket, nekat, taken

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋkə/

Interjection

tanke

1. thanks, thank you

   Synonym: tankewol

Further reading

• “tanke (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal‎^[1] (in Dutch), 2011