dank

From Middle English danke, first recorded circa 1310 (as verb; circa 1410 as noun), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”) and dänka (“to moisten”); though some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph.

• IPA^(key): /dæŋk/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): /deəŋk/

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

dank (third-person singular simple present danks, present participle danking, simple past and past participle danked)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.

dank (plural danks)

1. Moisture; humidity; water.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of John Milton to this entry?)

dank (comparative danker, superlative dankest)

1. Dark, damp and humid.

   The dank cave was chilly and spooky.

   • Milton

     Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire.

   • Trench

     Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.

   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXII:

     Who were the strugglers, what war did they wage, / Whose savage trample thus could pad the dank / Soil to a plash? [...]

2. (figuratively, of marijuana) Highly potent.

   That was dank bud.

3. (slang, often ironic) Great, awesome.
   • 2019 January 5, Rick Wilson, “Bannon Banished for Telling Truths About Trump as MAGA Monsters Turn on Each Other”, in The Daily Beast‎:

     His house organ Breitbart and a host of Trump-right websites and news outlets sang praises to his dank genius.

• danken
• dankly
• dankness
• dank meme

• danek

dank (plural danks)

1. A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.

• D. Kan., NKDA, kDNA, kand, kdna

• IPA^(key): /dɑŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

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From Middle Dutch danc, from Old Dutch *thank, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz.

dank m (uncountable)

1. gratitude, thanks
2. show/token of recognition
3. reward, recompense

• dankbetoon
• dankbetuiging
• dankzegging

• ondank

• danken
• dankbaar
• dankloos
• dankwoord
• dankzeggen
• plasdank
• stank voor dank

See the etymology of the main entry.

dank

1. first-person singular present indicative of danken
2. imperative of danken

Cognate with danken and Dutch dank; compare the Latin grātia.

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dank (+ genitive or dative)

1. thanks to, because of

   Dank seiner Arbeit hat er genug Geld zum Leben.

   Thanks to his work he has enough money to live.

• danken
• bedanken
• Dank m, Undank

• dank in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /dank/, [daŋk]

dank m

1. tax, fine, levy, duty

dank

1. second-person singular imperative of danken