tanke

See also: tenke, tänka, and tænke

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þanki (“thought”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tankə/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ə]

Noun

Etymology 1

tanke c (singular definite tanken, plural indefinite tanker)

1. thought
2. idea
3. intension

Inflection

Inflection of tanke

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

Etymology 2

tanke c

1. indefinite plural of tank

Alternative forms

• tanks (Etymology 1 of tank)

Verb

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

1. tank up, fill up
2. refuel

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Dutch

Verb

tanke

1. singular present subjunctive of tanken

Anagrams

• akten, kante, taken

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Hunsrik

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

From Middle Low German danke.

Noun

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

1. thought
2. intent
3. idea

Verb

tanke (present tense tanker; past tense and past participle tanka or tanket)

1. tank (put fuel into a tank)

References

• “tanke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtankә/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German danke.

Noun

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

1. thought
2. intent
3. ide

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of tanka.

References

• “tanke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þanki (“thought”).

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

tanke c

1. thought

Declension

Declension of tanke

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tanke	tanken	tankar	tankarna
genitive	tankes	tankens	tankars	tankarnas

See also

• tänka
• tankeverksamhet