þakka

See also: yakka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þakka, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Cognates include Faroese takka, Danish and Norwegian takke, Swedish tacka, English thank, Dutch danken and German danken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθahka/
  • (file)
    Rhymes: -ahka

Verb

þakka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þakkaði, supine þakkað)

  1. to thank

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • flytja þökk (“bring thanks”)
  • færa þökk (“bring thanks”)
  • gjalda þökk (“pay thanks”)
  • tjá þökk (“express thanks”)

Derived terms

  • þakka þér (singular) (literally “(I) thank you”)
    • þakka þér fyrir (singular) (literally “thank you for ...”)
    • þakka ykkur fyrir (plural) (literally “thank you for ...”)
  • þakka yður (singular, formal; rare) (literally “(I) thank you ...”)
    • þakka yður fyrir (singular and plural, formal; rare) (literally “thank you for ...”)
  • þökk (a thank, thanks)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þankōną, akin to Old English þancian, Old Saxon thankon, Old High German dankōn.

Verb

þakka (singular past indicative þakkaði, plural past indicative þǫkkuðu, past participle þakkaðr)

  1. to thank, to show gratitude

Conjugation

  • þǫkk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þakka
  • Faroese: takka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: takka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: takke
  • Old Swedish: þakka
  • Danish: takke
  • Inari Sami: takkâ

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þakka, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną.

Verb

þakka

  1. to thank
  2. to praise
  3. to reward

Conjugation

Descendants

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