dank

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• Canada, US: /ˈdeɪ̯ŋk/
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• Canada, US: /ˈdɛ̃ŋk/
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From Middle English danke (“wet, damp; dampness, moisture”), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”), Icelandic dökk (“pool”), Old Norse dǫkk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). However, some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“smoke, steam, vapor”). Modern slang senses derived from the drug sense; compare based (“awesome, especially in a right-wing context online”) from drug terminology freebased.

From Middle English danken, from the adjective (see above).

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: влажен (vlažen) — dark, damp and humid
• Bulgarian: усоен (usoen) — dark, damp and humid
• Catalan: humit — dark, damp and humid
• Czech: vlhký — dark, damp and humid
• Czech: lezavý — dark, damp and humid
• Dutch: klam — dark, damp and humid
• Dutch: vochtig — dark, damp and humid
• Esperanto: humida — dark, damp and humid
• Esperanto: malseka — dark, damp and humid
• Finnish: kostea — dark, damp and humid
• German: feucht — dark, damp and humid
• German: nasskalt — dark, damp and humid
• German: dampfig — dark, damp and humid
• Irish: múisciúil — dark, damp and humid
• Korean: 축축한 (chukchukhan) — dark, damp and humid
• Latvian: drēgns — dark, damp and humid
• Macedonian: вла́жен (vlážen) — dark, damp and humid
• Māori: hūnounou — dark, damp and humid
• Plautdietsch: feicht — dark, damp and humid
• Polish: wilgotny — dark, damp and humid
• Polish: zawilgocony — dark, damp and humid
• Russian: промо́зглый (promózglyj) — dark, damp and humid
• Spanish: húmedo — dark, damp and humid
• Swedish: fuktig — dark, damp and humid
• Turkish: ıslak — dark, damp and humid
• Turkish: yaş — dark, damp and humid
• Turkish: rutubetli — dark, damp and humid
• Welsh: llaith — dark, damp and humid
• Dutch: straf — highly potent
• French: fort — highly potent
• Polish: mocny — highly potent