bedanken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bedanken. Equivalent to be- + danken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈdɑŋkə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧dan‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɑŋkən
Verb
bedanken
- (transitive) to thank
- Ik wil jullie allemaal bedanken voor dit geweldig(e) feest.
- I want to thank all of you for this fantastic party.
- (intransitive) to decline, to reject [with voor] (with connotations of politeness)
- Quinten besloot om te bedanken voor de aangeboden baan.
- Quinten decided to respectfully reject the job that was offered.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bedanken (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bedanken | |||
| past singular | bedankte | |||
| past participle | bedankt | |||
| infinitive | bedanken | |||
| gerund | bedanken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bedank | bedankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bedankt, bedank2 | bedankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bedankt | bedankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bedankt | bedankte | ||
| 3rd person singular | bedankt | bedankte | ||
| plural | bedanken | bedankten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bedanke | bedankte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bedanken | bedankten | ||
| imperative sing. | bedank | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bedankt | |||
| participles | bedankend | bedankt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
German
Etymology
From be- + danken. Apparently not attested before Modern German (thus after 1400).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aŋkn̩
- Hyphenation: be‧dan‧ken
Verb
bedanken (weak, third-person singular present bedankt, past tense bedankte, past participle bedankt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to thank, to express thanks [with bei (+ dative) ‘(to) someone’ and für (+ accusative) ‘for something’]
- Synonym: danken (construed differently)
- Du musst dich bei ihr bedanken.
- You have to thank her. / You have to say thanks to her.
- Sie bedankte sich höflich für die Unterstützung.
- She politely expressed her thanks for the support.
- (transitive, now only in the passive) to thank for (something)
- Alle Glückwünsche wurden vom Jubilar herzlich bedankt.
- All the congratulations were cordially thanked for by the guest of honour.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bedanken (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | bedanken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bedankend | ||||
| past participle | bedankt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich bedanke | wir bedanken | i | ich bedanke | wir bedanken |
| du bedankst | ihr bedankt | du bedankest | ihr bedanket | ||
| er bedankt | sie bedanken | er bedanke | sie bedanken | ||
| preterite | ich bedankte | wir bedankten | ii | ich bedankte1 | wir bedankten1 |
| du bedanktest | ihr bedanktet | du bedanktest1 | ihr bedanktet1 | ||
| er bedankte | sie bedankten | er bedankte1 | sie bedankten1 | ||
| imperative | bedank (du) bedanke (du) |
bedankt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of bedanken (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Bedanken
- Bedanker
- Bedankung
Related terms
Further reading
- “bedanken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bedanken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “bedanken” in Duden online
- “bedanken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Verb
bedanken
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bedanken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN