tanken
Danish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tankən/, [ˈtˢɑŋɡ̊ŋ̩]
Noun
tanken c
- definite singular of tanke (“thought”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tanˀkən/, [ˈtˢɑŋˀɡ̊ŋ̩]
Noun
tanken c
- definite singular of tank (“container”)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taːnˀkən/, [ˈtˢæːŋˀɡ̊ŋ̩]
Noun
tanken c
- definite singular of tank (“armored vehicle”)
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛŋkə(n)/
Audio: (file)
Verb
tanken
- (intransitive) to fuel (to fill a fuel tank of a vehicle)
- (intransitive, slang) to drink lots of alcohol
Conjugation
| Conjugation of tanken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tanken | |||
| past singular | tankte | |||
| past participle | getankt | |||
| infinitive | tanken | |||
| gerund | tanken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | tank | tankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | tankt, tank2 | tankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | tankt | tankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | tankt | tankte | ||
| 3rd person singular | tankt | tankte | ||
| plural | tanken | tankten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | tanke | tankte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | tanken | tankten | ||
| imperative sing. | tank | |||
| imperative plur.1 | tankt | |||
| participles | tankend | getankt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English tank. The reflexive use is from the now archaic sense "tank, armoured vehicle".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋkən/, [ˈtaŋkən], [ˈtaŋkn̩], [ˈtaŋkŋ̍]
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: tan‧ken
- Rhymes: -aŋkn̩
Verb
tanken (weak, third-person singular present tankt, past tense tankte, past participle getankt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to fuel, to refuel (fill a fuel tank of a vehicle)
- (transitive or intransitive, informal) to drink a lot of alcohol
- Synonym: see Thesaurus:betrinken
- (reflexive, with some locative adverb) to move forcefully against resistance
- Der bullige Mittelstürmer tankt sich durch die gegnerische Abwehr.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tanken (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | tanken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | tankend | ||||
| past participle | getankt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich tanke | wir tanken | i | ich tanke | wir tanken |
| du tankst | ihr tankt | du tankest | ihr tanket | ||
| er tankt | sie tanken | er tanke | sie tanken | ||
| preterite | ich tankte | wir tankten | ii | ich tankte1 | wir tankten1 |
| du tanktest | ihr tanktet | du tanktest1 | ihr tanktet1 | ||
| er tankte | sie tankten | er tankte1 | sie tankten1 | ||
| imperative | tank (du) tanke (du) |
tankt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of tanken (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “tanken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “tanken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “tanken” in Duden online
- “tanken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Japanese
Romanization
tanken
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
tanken m
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
tanken m
Swedish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²tankɛn/
Noun
tanken
- definite singular of tanke
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹tankɛn/
Noun
tanken
- definite singular of tank