thank

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθæŋk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈθæŋk]
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈθaŋk/
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• British, Southern, Standard: [ˈθaŋk]
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• Northern-England, Scotland: /ˈθaŋk/
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• Northern-England, Scotland: [ˈθäŋk]
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• /ˈfaŋk/ England, th-fronting
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• New-Zealand: /ˈθɛŋk/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈθɛŋk]
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• /ˈðæŋk/
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• [ˈðæŋk]
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• /ˈθeɪŋk/
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• /ˈðeɪŋk/
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• [ˈðeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [ˈðɛ̃ŋk]
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• rhymes with -æŋk
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• homophone: think (thank-think merger)
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• homophone: tank
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• homophone: dank (both th-stopping)
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• CMU ARPABET: TH AE1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English thank (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; attractiveness; commendation, praise; God’s grace; goodwill; merit, reward; mind, thought”), from Old English þanc, þonc (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; favour, grace; mind, thought; pleasure, satisfaction”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; mind, thought; remembrance”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to perceive; to think”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tonk (“thanks”), West Frisian tanke (“thanks”), Cimbrian dånke (“thanks”), Dutch dank (“thanks”), German Dank (“thanks”), Vilamovian dank, daŋk, daonk (“thanks”), Yiddish דאַנק (dank, “thanks”), Danish tak (“thanks”), Elfdalian tokk (“thanks”), Faroese takk, tøkk (“thanks”), Icelandic takk, þökk (“thanks”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk takk (“thanks”), Swedish tack (“thanks”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 (þagks, “thanks”), Vandalic *þank- (“thanks”); also Latin tongeō (“to know”). For the think — thank relation, compare typologically Russian призна́тельный (priznátelʹnyj) (< знать (znatʹ).

From Middle English thanken, thankien (“to express gratitude, give thanks; to congratulate, rejoice with, or wish joy to; to extol, praise; to hold responsible for”), from Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank”), from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną (“to thank”), from *þankaz (see etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming infinitives of verbs from nouns). Cognates Cognate with Scots thank (“to thank”), Saterland Frisian tonkje (“to thank”), Cimbrian dånkan (“to thank”), Dutch, German, and Luxembourgish danken (“to thank”), Vilamovian danka, daŋka, daonka (“to thank”), Yiddish דאַנקען (danken, “to thank”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål takke (“to thank”), Faroese takka (“to thank”), Icelandic þakka (“to thank”), Swedish tacka (“to thank”).

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Adangme: tsumi — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Albanian: falënderoj — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Southern Altai: алкыш айдар (alkïš aydar) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Southern Altai: алкыш јеттирер (alkïš ǰettirer) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Arabic: شَكَرَ (šakara) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Armenian: շնորհակալություն հայտնել (šnorhakalutʻyun haytnel) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Azerbaijani: təşəkkür etmək — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Basque: eskertu — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Belarusian: дзя́каваць (dzjákavacʹ) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Belarusian: падзя́каваць (padzjákavacʹ) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Bulgarian: благодаря́ (blagodarjá) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Burmese: ကျေးဇူးတင် (kye:ju:tang) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Carpathian Rusyn: дя́ковати (djákovaty) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Carpathian Rusyn: подя́ковати (podjákovaty) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Catalan: agrair — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Cebuano: salamat — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏤᎭ (alihelitseha) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Chinese Mandarin: 道謝 /道谢 (dàoxiè) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Chinese Mandarin: 感謝 /感谢 (gǎnxiè) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Chinese Mandarin: 謝 /谢 (xiè) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Ngazidja Comorian: upveshelea marahaɓa — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Coptic: ϣⲉⲡϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ (šeph̀mot) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Czech: děkovat — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Czech: poděkovat — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Danish: takke — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Dutch: danken — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Egyptian: dwA-nTr-n (dwꜣ nṯr n) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Esperanto: danki — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Estonian: tänama — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Faroese: takka — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Finnish: kiittää — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• French: remercier — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Galician: agradecer — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Georgian: მადლობის თქმა (madlobis tkma) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• German: danken — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• German: sich bedanken — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌽 (awiliudōn) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Greek: ευχαριστώ (efcharistó) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Greek: ευγνωμονώ (evgnomonó) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Ancient Greek: εὐχαριστέω (eukharistéō) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Hebrew: הוֹדָה (hodá) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Higaonon: salamat — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Hindi: धन्यवाद देना (dhanyavād denā) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Hindi: शुक्रिया करना (śukriyā karnā) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Hindi: शुक्र करना (śukra karnā) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Hungarian: köszön — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Hungarian: köszönetet mond — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Hungarian: megköszön — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Icelandic: þakka — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Irish: gabh buíochas — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Italian: ringraziare — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Japanese: 感謝する (kansha suru) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Kabuverdianu: agradise — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Kabuverdianu: agradesê — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Kazakh: алғыс айту (alğys aitu) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Kazakh: рахмет айту (raxmet aitu) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Korean: 감사하다 (gamsahada) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Northern Kurdish: spas — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Kyrgyz: алкыш айтуу (alkış aytuu) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Kyrgyz: ыракмат айтуу (ırakmat aytuu) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Lao: ຂອບຄຸນ (khǭp khun) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Latin: gratias ago — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Latvian: pateikties — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Lithuanian: dėkoti — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Macedonian: благодари (blagodari) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Macedonian: заблагодарува (zablagodaruva) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Macedonian: заблагодари (zablagodari) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Malay: bersyukur kepada — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Malay: berterima kasih kepada — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Manchu: ᠪᠠᠨᡳᡥᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (banihalambi) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Manchu: ᠪᠠᠨᡳᡥᠠ ᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (baniha bumbi) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Māori: whakawhetai — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Māori: whakamoemiti — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Mongolian: талархах (talarxax) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Mongolian: баярлах (bajarlax) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Norwegian Bokmål: takke — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: takka — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Occitan: mercejar — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Church Slavic: благодарити (blagodariti) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Church Slavic: благодарьствити (blagodarĭstviti) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Old English: þancian — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Old Norse: þakka — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Old Ruthenian: дѧковати (djakovati) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Pannonian Rusyn: дзековац (dzekovac) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Pannonian Rusyn: подзековац (podzekovac) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Pashto: تشکرکول (tašakorkawəl) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Iranian Persian: سِپاسْگُزاری کَرْدَن (sepâsgozâri kardan) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Iranian Persian: تَشَکُّر کَرْدَن (tašakkor kardan) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Polish: dziękować — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Polish: podziękować — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Portuguese: agradecer — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Romanian: a mulțumi — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Russian: благодари́ть (blagodarítʹ) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Russian: поблагодари́ть (poblagodarítʹ) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir taing do — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Serbo-Croatian: захваљи́вати — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Serbo-Croatian: захва́лити — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Serbo-Croatian: благода́рити — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Serbo-Croatian: zahvaljívati — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Serbo-Croatian: zahváliti — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Serbo-Croatian: blagodáriti — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Slovak: ďakovať — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Slovak: poďakovať — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Slovene: zahvaljevati se — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Slovene: zahvaliti se — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Lower Sorbian: źěkowaś se — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Upper Sorbian: so dźakować — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Spanish: agradecer — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Swahili: -shukuru — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Swedish: tacka — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Tajik: миннатдорӣ кардан (minnatdori kardan) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Tajik: сипосгузорӣ кардан (siposguzori kardan) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Tajik: ташаккур гуфтан (tašakkur guftan) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Tajik: раҳмат гуфтан (rahmat guftan) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Tajik: ташаккур кардан (tašakkur kardan) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Tamil: நன்றிகூறு (naṉṟikūṟu) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Tamil: நன்றிசொல் (naṉṟicol) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Thai: ขอบคุณ (kɔ̀ɔp-kun) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Thai: ขอบใจ (kɔ̀ɔp-jai) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Thai: ขอบพระคุณ (kɔ̀ɔp-prá-kun) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Turkish: teşekkür etmek — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Tuvan: өөрүп четтирер (öörüp çettirer) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Ukrainian: дя́кувати (djákuvaty) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Ukrainian: подя́кувати (podjákuvaty) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Urdu: شُکْرِیَہ کَرْنا (śukriya karnā) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Uzbek: rahmat aytmoq — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Uzbek: minnatdor boʻlmoq — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Vietnamese: cám ơn — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Vietnamese: biết ơn — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Yakut: махтан (maqtan) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Yiddish: דאַנקען (danken) — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Zulu: -bonga — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• ǃXóõ: da̰ã — to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something)
• Finnish: pyytää — to request that (someone) do something
• Finnish: kiittää — to express appreciation or gratitude for (something)
• Finnish: kiittää — to respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude
• Czech: děkovat — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Czech: poděkovat — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Finnish: kiittää — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Greek: ευχαριστώ (efcharistó) — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Hebrew: הוֹדָה (hodá) — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Hungarian: köszön — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Japanese: おかげ (okage) — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Norwegian: takke — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Slovak: ďakovať — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Slovak: poďakovať — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible
• Yiddish: דאַנקען (danken) — to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible