takk

From Proto-Finnic *takku. Cognate Finnish and Votic takku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkː/, [ˈtɑkː]
• Rhymes: -ɑkː
• Hyphenation: takk

takk (genitive taku, partitive takku)

1. tow (a tangle of short fibers and woody plant parts obtained from the processing of flax, hemp, or other fibrous plants)

   Synonym: (dialectal) pakal

• takk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “takk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Borrowed from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk (whence inherited Faroese tøkk), from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

takk f (genitive singular takkar, plural takkir)

1. thank

takk

1. thank you, thanks

Borrowed from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk (whence inherited Icelandic þökk), from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Cognates include Faroese and Norwegian takk, Danish tak, Swedish tack, English thank, West Frisian tank, Dutch dank and German Dank.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰahk/

takk

1. thank you, thanks
2. please: used to make a polite request.

   Einn kaffibolla, takk.

   One cup of coffee, please.

   Já, takk.

   Yes, please.

• The interjection takk (borrowed from Danish) is a cognate of þökk (“a thank, thanks”), itself inherited directly from Old Norse.
• The term þökk is used as a noun, and rarely as an interjection by itself. The derived term þökk fyrir can be used as an interjection.

• takk fyrir
• þökk
• þökk fyrir
• þakka þér (singular); þakka yður (singular, formal; rare)
• þakka þér fyrir (singular); þakka yður fyrir (singular, formal; rare)

• takk fyrir í dag (“thanks for today”)
• takk fyrir í gær (“thanks for yesterday”)
• takk fyrir í kvöld (“thanks for tonight”)
• takk fyrir mig (“thanks for myself”) (commonly said to a host for having been received as a guest; both after dining and when departing)
• takk fyrir síðast, takk fyrir seinast (“thanks for last time”)

• þakka (“to thank”)
• takk kærlega (“thank you dearly; thank you very much”)
• kærar þakkir (“dear thanks; thank you very much”)
• þúsund þakkir (“thousand thanks”)

From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Equivalent cognates: Danish tak, Faroese tøkk, Icelandic þökk, Swedish tack.

• IPA^(key): /tak/, [tɑk]

takk

1. thank you, thanks

• mange takk
• tusen takk

takk

1. imperative of takke

From Old Norse þǫkk.

takk

1. thank you, thanks

• hjarteleg

• mange takk
• takk skal du ha
• tusen takk