tanke

See also: tenke, tänka, tǎnkè, and tænke

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tankə/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þanki (“thought”).

Noun

tanke c (singular definite tanken, plural indefinite tanker)

  1. thought
  2. idea
  3. intension
Inflection

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

tanke c

  1. indefinite plural of tank

Verb

tanke (imperative tank, infinitive at tanke, present tense tanker, past tense tankede, perfect tense har tanket)

  1. tank up, fill up
  2. refuel

Dutch

Verb

tanke

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tanken

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • danke (Standard German based orthography)

Etymology

From Old High German dankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ.kə/

Verb

tanke

  1. to thank
    • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, Associação Internacional de Lingüística – SIL Brasil, page 30:
      awer, ap xeele, tanke, knaps – mas, descascar, agradecer, rarefeito.
      but, to peel, to thank, scarce – but, to peel, to thank, scarce
      (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)
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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German danke, and Old Norse þanki.

Noun

tanke m (definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tanker, definite plural tankene)

  1. thought
  2. intent
  3. idea
  4. an imaginary small unit of something; a tad
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the noun tank

Verb

tanke (present tense tanker, past tense tanka or tanket, past participle tanka or tanket)

  1. to tank, tank up, fill up, (put fuel into a tank)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²tɑŋkə/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German danke, and Old Norse þanki.

Noun

tanke m (definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tankar, definite plural tankane)

  1. thought
  2. intent
  3. idea
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tanke (present tense tankar, past tense tanka, past participle tanka, passive infinitive tankast, present participle tankande, imperative tank/tanke)

  1. Alternative form of tanka

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þanki (“thought”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

tanke c

  1. thought

Declension

Declension of tanke 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tanke tanken tankar tankarna
Genitive tankes tankens tankars tankarnas

See also

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