tak

Etymology

From Dutch tak (“branch, twig, offshoot”), from Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”).

Noun

tak (plural takke)

1. branch, twig, bough
2. branch, offshoot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak/

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

tak

1. so (very)

   Je tak dobrý! — He is so good!

   Není to tak špatné. — It’s not so bad.

2. so (therefore)

   Chtěl knihu, tak si zašel do knihovny. — He wanted a book, so he went to the library.

3. so, in that way

   Tak to chodí — That's the way it goes (lit. "so it goes")

Interjection

tak

1. so

   Tak jděme! — So let's go!

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak/, [ˈtˢɑɡ̊]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German tacke.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑk

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /tɑk/

Noun

tak m (plural takken, diminutive takje n)

1. branch, twig, bough

   Synonyms: telg, twijg

2. branch, offshoot

Anagrams

• kat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛaːʰk/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tak.

Etymology

From Old Norse tak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːk/
• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

tak n (genitive singular taks, nominative plural tök)

1. grip, hold

Etymology

Cognate with tidak, from Malay tak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Malay tak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

Adverb

tak

1. not (negates meaning of verb)

   Saya tak mau makan.

   I don't want to eat.

2. not (To no degree)

   Buku itu tidak mahal.

   That book is not expensive.

Conjunction

tak

1. but, but also

Particle

tak

1. particle used to reinforce or emphasize a certain word or idea, usually by reducing doubts about it; but... (really), surely, just

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak/

Adverb

tak

1. so

Etymology

Cognate with tidak, dak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʔ/
• Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ

Adverb

tak

1. (informal) not (negates meaning of verb)

   Saya tak mahu makan.

   I don't want to eat.

2. (informal) not (To no degree)

   Buku itu tak mahal.

   That book is not expensive.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tak.

References

• “tak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑːk/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Akin to English thatch.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tak.

Etymology 3

References

• “tak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

tak n (genitive taks, plural tǫk)

1. grip, hold

References

• tak in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak/

• tak

  (file)

Interjection

tak

1. yes

   - Zrobiłeś to? - Tak.

   - Did you do that? - Yes, (I did).

Adverb

tak (not comparable)

1. so (used for an 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!

2. like this; so (in this way)

   Ona mi tak powiedziała.

   She told me that.

   Ja to robię tak.

   I do it in this way.

Further reading

• tak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

From Early Scots tak, from Middle English taken (“to take”).

Verb

tak (third-person singular present taks, present participle takkin, past teuk, past participle taen or takken)

1. to take

Etymology 1

From French taquet.

Etymology 2

From Italian tacco.

References

• “tak” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “tak” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Old Swedish þak, from Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

tak n

1. roof
2. ceiling

Anagrams

• akt

Noun

tak (plural taks)

1. rest, tranquility

Etymology

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɑːk], [tʰæːk]
• Rhymes: -áːk