danken
English
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-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑŋkə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: dan‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɑŋkən
Inflection
| 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 | 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. | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
German
Etymology
From Middle High German danken, from Old High German dankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Compare Dutch danken, English thank, Danish takke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdaŋkŋ̩], [ˈdaŋkən]
audio (file)
Verb
danken (weak, third-person singular present dankt, past tense dankte, past participle gedankt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, with dative) to thank
- 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.
Related terms
- Dank
- danke
- verdanken
- denken
- danke dir, danke Ihnen, danke schön, danke sehr, danke vielmals, die Firma dankt, ich habe zu danken, man dankt, wir haben zu danken
- jemandem auf Knien danken, jemandem von ganzem Herzen danken
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German thankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Cognate with German danken, Dutch danken, English thank.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaŋken/, [ˈdɑŋkən]
Middle Dutch
Inflection
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | danken | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | danken | |
| In genitive | dankens | |
| In dative | dankene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | danke | — |
| 2nd singular | dancs, dankes | — |
| 3rd singular | danct, danket | — |
| 1st plural | danken | — |
| 2nd plural | danct, danket | — |
| 3rd plural | danken | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | danke | — |
| 2nd singular | dancs, dankes | — |
| 3rd singular | danke | — |
| 1st plural | danken | — |
| 2nd plural | danct, danket | — |
| 3rd plural | danken | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | danc, danke | |
| Plural | danct, danket | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | dankende | — |
Derived terms
- bedanken
- gedanken
- misdanken
- ontdanken
- voldanken
- wandanken
- wēderdanken
Further reading
- “danken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “danken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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