danken

From dank +‎ -en.

danken (third-person singular simple present dankens, present participle dankening, simple past and past participle dankened)

1. (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.

From Middle Dutch danken, from Old Dutch thancon, from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑŋkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: dan‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkən

danken

1. (transitive) to thank

• dankbaar
• afdanken
• bedanken

• dank

• Afrikaans: dank
• Negerhollands: danki, dankie
• → Papiamentu: dank
• → Sranan Tongo: danki
  • → Lokono: dankidin

• denk na, kanend, nadenk, nakend

From Middle High German danken, from Old High German dankōn. Compare Dutch danken, English thank, Danish takke.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaŋkn̩], [ˈdaŋkŋ̩], [ˈdaŋkən]

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• Rhymes: -aŋkn̩
• Hyphenation: dan‧ken

danken (weak, third-person singular present dankt, past tense dankte, past participle gedankt, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to thank [with dative ‘someone’]

   Peter hat Michaela mit einem großen Blumenstrauß gedankt.

   Peter thanked Michaela with a big bouquet.

• denken

• “danken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “danken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “danken” in Duden online
• “danken” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Middle High German danken, from Old High German thankōn. Cognate with German danken, Dutch danken, English thank.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaŋken/, [ˈdɑŋkən]

danken (third-person singular present dankt, past participle gedankt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to thank

From Old Dutch thancon. Equivalent to dank +‎ -en.

danken

1. to thank [with accusative ‘for’]

• Dutch: danken
  • Afrikaans: dank
• Limburgish: danke

• “danken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “danken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN