tanke

• IPA^(key): /tankə/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ə]

From Old Danish tanckæ, borrowed from Middle Low German danke, from Old Saxon thanc, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (with the initial consonant of the related verb Danish tænke (“think”)). The Middle Low German word has also been borrowed to Swedish tanke, Norwegian tanke, and Icelandic þanki.

tanke c (singular definite tanken, plural indefinite tanker)

1. thought
2. idea
3. intention

• tanks

tanke c

1. indefinite plural of tank

tanke (imperative tank, infinitive at tanke, present tense tanker, past tense tankede, perfect tense har tanket)

1. tank up, fill up
2. refuel

tanke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of tanken

• akten, kante, taken

tanke (Wiesemann spelling)

1. alternative spelling of danke
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, SIL Brasil: Associação Internacional de Lingüística, page 30:

     awer, ap xeele, tanke, knaps – mas, descascar, agradecer, rarefeito.

     but, to peel, to thank, scarce – but, to peel, to thank, scarce
     (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)

From Middle Low German danke, and Old Norse þanki.

tanke m (definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tanker, definite plural tankene)

1. thought
2. intent
3. idea
4. an imaginary small unit of something; a tad

• tenke (verb)

From the noun tank.

tanke (present tense tanker, past tense tanka or tanket, past participle tanka or tanket)

1. to tank, tank up, fill up, (put fuel into a tank)

• “tanke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• anket, kante, katen, nekta, akten

• IPA^(key): /²tɑnçə/, /²tɑŋkə/

From Middle Low German danke, and Old Norse þanki.

tanke m (definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tankar, definite plural tankane)

1. thought
2. intent
3. idea

tanke (present tense tankar, past tense tanka, past participle tanka, passive infinitive tankast, present participle tankande, imperative tanke/tank)

1. alternative form of tanka

• “tanke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

tanke

1. inflection of tankar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

tanke (Cyrillic spelling танке)

1. inflection of tanak:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Borrowed from English tank.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanke/
• Hyphenation: tan‧ke

tanke f 

1. tank (armoured vehicle)

• Ruth Kramer, Anbessa Teferra (2020) “Gender switch in Sidaama”, in Brill's journal of Afroasiatic languages and linguistics, volume 12, page 305

From Old Swedish þanke, borrowed from Middle Low German danke, from Old Saxon thanc, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz, with the initial consonant of the related verb Swedish tänka (“think”).

The Middle Low German word has also been borrowed to Danish tanke, Norwegian tanke, and Icelandic þanki.

• IPA^(key): /²taŋːkɛ/, [²t̪ʰäŋːkɛ̠]

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tanke c

1. a thought

   Tänk glada tankar!

   Think happy thoughts!

   ha en tanke i huvudet

   have a thought in one's head

   ägna en tanke åt någon

   spare a thought for someone

   Jag har aldrig ens tänkt tanken att ge upp

   I've never even thought of giving up

   (literally, “I have never even thought the thought of giving up”)

   Hon hade aldrig haft en tanke på att bli bagare innan hon praoade på ett bageri

   She had never even thought of [never had a thought of] becoming a baker until she interned / did work experience [see prao] at a bakery

   • 1991, Eva Dahlgren, “Vem tänder stjärnorna? [Who lights the stars?]”, in En blekt blondins hjärta [The Heart of a Bleached Blonde]‎^[1]:

     Det var evighetssekunder. Tre korta andetag. Hela livet vände. Vem valde? Inte jag. Jag hörde ord från mina läppar som aldrig vilat i min mun. Tankar aldrig tänkta, som nya väggar i ett rum.

     It was seconds of eternity. Three short breaths. My whole life ["the whole life" – Swedish often prefers to express possession by putting a noun in the definite instead of with a separate possessive pronoun] turned around. Who chose? Not me. I heard words from my lips that had [implied from vilat (“rested”) being in the supine] never rested in my mouth. Thoughts never thought, like new walls in a room.

2. (in "med tanke på") given, considering, in view of, with regard to

   Med tanke på att monstren snart är här så borde vi gömma oss

   Given that the monsters will soon be here, we should hide

   Med tanke på innehållet är det konstigt att boken inte blivit mer kontroversiell

   Considering the contents, it's strange that the book hasn't been [become] more controversial

• tanke in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tanke in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tanke in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tanke in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• akten, naket, nekat, taken

From Old Frisian thank, ultimately from a form of Proto-Germanic *þankaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋkə/

tanke

1. thanks, thank you

   Synonym: tankewol

• “tanke (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011