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-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑŋkə(n)/

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danken

1. (transitive) to thank

• dankbaar
• afdanken
• bedanken

• dank

• denk na, kanend, nadenk, nakend

From Old High German dankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Compare Dutch danken, English thank, Danish takke.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaŋkŋ̩], [ˈdaŋkən]

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

1. (intransitive, with dative) to thank

   Peter hat Michaela mit einem großen Blumenstrauß gedankt.

   Peter thanked Michaela with a big bouquet.

• Dank
• danke, danke dir, danke Ihnen, danke schön, danke sehr, danke vielmals, die Firma dankt, ich habe zu danken, man dankt, wir haben zu danken
• jemandem auf Knien danken, jemandem von ganzem Herzen danken

• danken in Duden online

From Old High German thankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. 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, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank +‎ -en.

danken

1. to thank [+accusative = for]

• bedanken
• gedanken
• misdanken
• ontdanken
• voldanken
• wandanken
• wēderdanken

• Dutch: danken
• Limburgish: danke

• “danken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “danken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929