tak
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch tak (“branch, twig, offshoot”), from Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”).
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak/
audio (file)
Adverb
tak
Derived terms
- až to bude, tak to bude
- tak jo (OK)
- tak dobře (OK, fine)
- tak ahoj (bye)
- jen tak dál
- a tak dále
- Jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá
- Jak si kdo ustele, tak si také lehne
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak/, [ˈtˢɑɡ̊]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German tacke.
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”), from Frankish *takkō, from Proto-Germanic *takkô.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑk
audio (file) - IPA(key): /tɑk/
Noun
Derived terms
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɛaːʰk/
- Rhymes: -ɛaːʰk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Declension
Declension of tak | ||||
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n5 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tak | takið | tøk | tøkini |
accusative | tak | takið | tøk | tøkini |
dative | taki | takinum | tøkum | tøkunum |
genitive | taks | taksins | taka | takanna |
Related terms
Noun
tak n (genitive singular taks, plural tøk)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰaːk/
- Rhymes: -aːk
Indonesian
Etymology
Cognate with tidak, from Malay tak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Malay tak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.
Adverb
tak
Latvian
Malay
Etymology
Cognate with tidak, dak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taʔ/
- Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑːk/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Akin to English thatch.
Derived terms
Old Norse
Declension
Descendants
References
- tak in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
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Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tako.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak/
tak (file)
Adverb
tak (not comparable)
- so (used for emphasis)
- Było tak ciemno, że nic nie widziałem.
- It was so dark that I couldn't see anything.
- Kocham cię tak bardzo!
- I love you so much!
- Było tak ciemno, że nic nie widziałem.
- like this; so (in this way)
- Ona mi tak powiedziała.
- She told me so.
- Ja to robię tak.
- I do it like this.
- Ona mi tak powiedziała.
Further reading
- tak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Etymology
From Early Scots tak, from Middle English taken (“to take”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- (“to touch”). Gradually displaced Middle English nimen ("to take"; see nim), from Old English niman (“to take”). Cognate with Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta (“to take”), Danish tage (“to take, seize”), Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp”), Dutch taken (“to take; to grasp”), Middle Low German tacken (“to grasp”).
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish þak, from Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taːk/
audio (file)
Declension
Declension of tak | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tak | taket | tak | taken |
Genitive | taks | takets | taks | takens |
Derived terms
- innertak
- yttertak
- takutspång
- takskägg
Related terms
Turkish
Volapük
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʰɑːk], [tʰäːk], [tʰæːk]
- Rhymes: -áːk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Noun
tak n (definite singular tatje or takä, dative tatjen or takän, definite plural taka)
Synonyms
- (roof): vattutak
Related terms
- teitj