danken
English
Etymology
Verb
danken (third-person singular simple present dankens, present participle dankening, simple past and past participle dankened)
- (transitive) To make dank (all senses)
- 2011, James Howerton, The Cold Days, page 196:
- They set out southward, skirting around the bison, tawny scouts wandering and studying the creatures, how they moved across the land. The rich manure of the herd dankened the wind.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch danken, from Old Dutch thancon, from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑŋkə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dan‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɑŋkən
Verb
danken
- (transitive) to thank
Conjugation
| Conjugation of danken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | danken | |||
| past singular | dankte | |||
| past participle | gedankt | |||
| infinitive | danken | |||
| gerund | danken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dank | dankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dankt, dank2 | dankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dankt | dankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dankt | dankte | ||
| 3rd person singular | dankt | dankte | ||
| plural | danken | dankten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | danke | dankte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | danken | dankten | ||
| imperative sing. | dank | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dankt | |||
| participles | dankend | gedankt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dank
- Negerhollands: danki, dankie
- → Papiamentu: dank
- → Sranan Tongo: danki
- → Lokono: dankidin
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German danken, from Old High German dankōn. Compare Dutch danken, English thank, Danish takke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdaŋkn̩], [ˈdaŋkŋ̩], [ˈdaŋkən]
Audio: (file) Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Rhymes: -aŋkn̩
- Hyphenation: dan‧ken
Verb
danken (weak, third-person singular present dankt, past tense dankte, past participle gedankt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to thank [with dative ‘someone’]
- Peter hat Michaela mit einem großen Blumenstrauß gedankt.
- Peter thanked Michaela with a big bouquet.
Conjugation
| infinitive | danken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | dankend | ||||
| past participle | gedankt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich danke | wir danken | i | ich danke | wir danken |
| du dankst | ihr dankt | du dankest | ihr danket | ||
| er dankt | sie danken | er danke | sie danken | ||
| preterite | ich dankte | wir dankten | ii | ich dankte1 | wir dankten1 |
| du danktest | ihr danktet | du danktest1 | ihr danktet1 | ||
| er dankte | sie dankten | er dankte1 | sie dankten1 | ||
| imperative | dank (du) danke (du) |
dankt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “danken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “danken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “danken” in Duden online
- “danken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Japanese
Romanization
danken
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German danken, from Old High German thankōn. Cognate with German danken, Dutch danken, English thank.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaŋken/, [ˈdɑŋkən]
Verb
danken (third-person singular present dankt, past participle gedankt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to thank
Conjugation
| infinitive | danken | |
|---|---|---|
| participle | gedankt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | danken | — |
| 2nd singular | danks | dank |
| 3rd singular | dankt | — |
| 1st plural | danken | — |
| 2nd plural | dankt | dankt |
| 3rd plural | danken | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch thancon. Equivalent to dank + -en.
Verb
danken
- to thank [with accusative ‘for’]
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | danken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | dankens | ||||||
| dative | dankene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | danke | — | danke | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | dancs, dankes | — | dancs, dankes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | danct, danket | — | danke | — | |||
| 1st person plural | danken | — | danken | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | danct, danket | — | danct, danket | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | danken | — | danken | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | danc, danke | ||||||
| plural | danct, danket | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | dankende | — | |||||
Derived terms
- bedanken
- gedanken
- misdanken
- ontdanken
- voldanken
- wandanken
- wēderdanken
Descendants
Further reading
- “danken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “danken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN