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. intention

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

Dutch

Verb

tanke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of tanken

Anagrams

• akten, kante, taken

Hunsrik

Verb

tanke (Wiesemann spelling)

1. Alternative spelling of danke
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, SIL Brasil: Associação Internacional de Lingüística, 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)

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

• 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.

Anagrams

• anket, kante, katen, nekta, akten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tɑnçə/, /²tɑŋkə/

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 tanke/tank)

1. Alternative form of tanka

References

• “tanke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

tanke

1. inflection of tankar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

tanke

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

Sidamo

Tanke.

Etymology

Borrowed from English tank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanke/
• Hyphenation: tan‧ke

Noun

tanke f 

1. tank (armoured vehicle)

Declension

Declension of tanke (feminine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	tanke
nominative	tanke	tanke
genitive	tankete*)	tanke*)
dative	tankete	tankera
accusative	tanke*)
ablative	tanketenni	tankenni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Ruth Kramer, Anbessa Teferra (2020) “Gender switch in Sidaama”, in Brill's journal of Afroasiatic languages and linguistics, volume 12, page 305

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

• IPA^(key): /²taŋːkɛ/, [²t̪ʰäŋːkɛ̠]

• Audio:

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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

Derived terms

• baktanke
• bitanke
• eftertanke
• enhetstanke
• folkhemstanke
• folkkyrkotanke
• framstegstanke
• grundtanke
• huvudtanke
• jämlikhetstanke
• kungstanke
• misstanke
• omtanke
• tankeakt
• tankeansträngning
• tankearbete
• tankebana
• tankebubbla
• tankebyggnad
• tankediger
• tankedikt
• tankedjup
• tankeexperiment
• tankefel
• tankefigur
• tankeflykt
• tankeform
• tankefoster
• tankefrihet
• tankefälla
• tankeförmåga
• tankegods
• tankegång
• tankeinnehåll
• tankekarta
• tankekedja
• tankekonstruktion
• tankekorn
• tankekraft
• tankelag
• tankeled
• tankelek
• tankeliv
• tankelyrik
• tankeläsare
• tankeläsning
• tankemodell
• tankemässig
• tankemöda
• tankemönster
• tankenöt
• tankepaus
• tankeprocess
• tankereda
• tankeriktning
• tankesfär
• tankeskärpa
• tankesmedja
• tankesprång
• tankespår
• tankestoff
• tankeströmning
• tankeställare
• tankeställning
• tankesystem
• tankesätt
• tanketom
• tanketomhet
• tanketradition
• tanketråd
• tankeutbyte
• tankeverksamhet
• tankevurpa
• tankeväckande
• tankevärld
• tankeöverföring
• tankfull
• tanklös
• tvångstanke
• ursprungstanke
• åtanke
• älsklingstanke

 

Further reading

• tanke in Svensk ordbok.
• tanke in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• akten, naket, nekat, taken

West Frisian

Etymology

Ultimately from a form of Proto-Germanic *þankaz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋkə/

Interjection

tanke

1. thanks, thank you

   Synonym: tankewol

Further reading

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