thanks

English

Thanks

Alternative forms

• thanx, 10x

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θæŋks/

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• Rhymes: -æŋks

Etymology

From the Old English þancian (“to give thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōną, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”).

Interjection

thanks

1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

   Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks.

   • ~1595, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 5, scene 1

     Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!

Derived terms

• thanks a lot
• thanks for nothing
• thanks for your help

Translations

used to express appreciation or gratitude

• Afrikaans: dankie (af)
• Albanian: faleminderit
• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp
• Arabic: شكرًا (šúkran)
• Armenian: շնորհակալություն (šnorhakalutʿyun), մերսի (mersi)
• Asturian: gracies
• Azeri: çox sağ ol, təşəkkür edirəm
• Belarusian: дзякую (dzjákuju)
• Bengali: ধন্যবাদ (dhônnôbad)
• Breton: trugarez (br)
• Bulgarian: благодаря (bg) (blagodarjá), мерси (mersí)
• Catalan: gràcies (ca), mercès, merci (ca)
• Chamicuro: osolopaki
• Cherokee: ᎠᎾᎵᎮᎵᎬ (analiheligv)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多謝 (do1 ze6) (usually used for physical objects); 唔該 (m4 goi1), (for an act)

  Mandarin: 謝謝, 谢谢 (zh) (xièxie), 多謝, 多谢 (zh) (duōxiè), (slang) 三Q (sānQ)

  Min Nan: 多謝 (do shia)

• Czech: díky (cs)
• Danish: tak (da)
• Dutch: bedankt (nl), dank je, dank u (nl)
• Esperanto: dankon
• Estonian: tänan, aitäh (et)
• Ewe: akpe
• Faroese: takk
• Finnish: kiitos (fi), kiitti (fi), tattis (fi)
• French: merci (fr)
• Galician: grazas, (informal) graciñas
• Georgian: გმადლობთ (gmadlobt’), მადლობა (madloba)
• German: danke (de)
• Greek: ευχαριστώ (el) (efcharistó)
• Hebrew: תּוֹדָה (he) (todá)
• Hindi: धन्यवाद (hi) (dhanyavād), शुक्रिया (hi) (śukriyā) (both are polite), थैंक्स (thaiṅks)
• Hungarian: köszönöm (hu); köszi (hu) (informal)
• Icelandic: takk (is) (informal), takk fyrir (is) (formal), þakka þér
• Ido: danko (io)
• Indonesian: terima kasih (id)
• Irish: (to one person) go raibh maith agat, (to more than one person) go raibh maith agaibh
• Italian: grazie (it)
• Japanese: ありがとう (ja) (arigatō), どうも (dōmo), サンキュー (ja) (sankyū)
• Jingpho: chyeju kaba sai
• Khmer: អរគុណ (ɑɑ kun)
• Korean: 고마워 (gomawo), 감사합니다 (ko) (gamsahamnida), 감사해요 (gamsahaeyo)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: spas (ku), memnûn (ku), teşekur (ku)

  Sorani: سوپاس (supas), سپاس (spas)

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: gratias ago
• Latvian: paldies (lv)
• Lithuanian: ačiū (lt), dėkui
• Luganda: webale
• Luxembourgish: merci
• Macedonian: фала (fála)
• Malay: terima kasih (ms)
• Maltese: grazzi (mt)
• Mongolian: баярлалаа (bajarlalaa)
• Nahuatl: tlazohcāmati (nah)
• Navajo: ahéheeʼ
• Norwegian: takk (no)
• Occitan: mercé (oc), mercés
• Palauan: sulang
• Papiamentu: danki
• Persian: ممنون (fa) (mamnun), سپاس (fa) (sepâs), مرسی (fa) (mersi), تشکر (fa) (tašakkor)
• Polish: dziękuję (pl), dzięki (pl)
• Portuguese: obrigado (pt) m, obrigada f, valeu (informal, Brazil)
• Rajasthani: धनवाद (dhanavād), धिनवाद (dhinavād)
• Romanian: mulțumesc (ro), mersi (ro)
• Russian: спасибо (ru) (spasíbo), благодарю (ru) (blagodarjú)
• Samoan: fa'afetai
• Sanskrit: धन्यवादान m pl (dhanyavādān), अनुगृहीतोऽस्मि (anugṛhīto' smi)
• Scottish Gaelic: taing
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хва́ла

  Roman: hvála

• Sinhalese: ඉස්තුති (istuti), ස්තුති (stuti)
• Slovak: vďaka
• Slovene: hvála
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: źěkujom se

• Spanish: gracias (es)
• Sranan Tongo: danki, tangi
• Swahili: asante
• Swedish: tack (sv), tackar (sv)
• Tagalog: salamat
• Tamil: நன்றி (ta) (naṉṟi)
• Telugu: ధన్యవాదాలు (te) (dhanyavādālu)
• Thai: ขอบคุณ (kòp-kuun)
• Turkish: teşekkürler, teşekkür ederim (tr)
• Ukrainian: дякую (djákuju), спасибi (spasýbi)
• Urdu: دھنیہ واد (dhanya-vād), شکریہ (šukriya)
• Vietnamese: cám ơn (vi) (感恩) (plus one of: ông, bà, cô, anh, chị, em, quí vị – depending on subject of gratitude)
• Welsh: diolch (cy)
• Yiddish: דאנק (Dank)
• Zulu: ngiyabonga (zu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: faleminderit (2)
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} aitäh, ^{(please verify)} tänan
• Romanian: mulțumiri f pl, mulțumesc n (2), mersi n (2)

Noun

thanks

1. (obsolete) plural form of thank
2. (plural only) An expression of gratitude.

   After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is all the thanks I get?

3. Grateful feelings or thoughts.

Derived terms

• thanks to

Translations

expression of gratitude

• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp
• Czech: díky (cs) m pl
• Danish: tak (da) c
• Dutch: bedankt (nl)
• Ewe: akpe n
• Faroese: tøkk, takk
• Finnish: kiitos (fi), kiitokset
• French: remerciements m pl
• Galician: grazas f pl
• German: Dank (de) m, Danksagung f

• Greek: ευχαριστώ (el) n (efcharistó)
• Hungarian: köszönet (hu)
• Icelandic: takk (is) n
• Japanese: 謝辞 (shaji)
• Portuguese: agradecimentos m pl
• Russian: благодарность (ru) f (blagodárnost’)
• Scottish Gaelic: taing f
• Spanish: gracias (es) f pl
• Swedish: tack (sv) n
• Tamil: நன்றி (ta) (naṉṟi)
• Volapük: dan (vo)

grateful feelings

• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp
• Dutch: dank (nl) m
• French: remerciement (fr) m
• German: Dank (de) m
• Greek: ευχαριστία (el) f (efcharistía), ευγνωμοσύνη (el) f (evgnomosýni)
• Hungarian: hála (hu)

• Italian: ringraziamento (it)
• Portuguese: gratidão (pt) f, agradecimento (pt)
• Russian: благодарность (ru) f (blagodárnost’)
• Spanish: agradecimiento (es)
• Swedish: tack (sv) n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} salamat
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} vďaka

Verb

thanks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of thank