tanke

See also tenke, tänka, and tænke

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þanki (“thought”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tankə/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ə]

Noun

tanke c (singular definite tanken, plural indefinite tanker)

1. thought
2. idea
3. intension

Inflection

    Inflection of tanke

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	tanke	tanken	tanker	tankerne
genitive	tankes	tankens	tankers	tankernes

Verb

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

1. tank up, fill up
2. refuel

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Dutch

Verb

tanke

1. singular present subjunctive of tanken

Anagrams

• akten, kante, taken

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Hunsrik

Etymology

From German danken (“to thank”), from Old High German dankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

Etymology

From Old Norse þanki (“thought”).

Noun

tanke n

1. thought
2. idea
3. intension

Inflection

    Inflection of tanke

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural

Verb

    Conjugation of tanke in Bokmål

Inflection 1

Infinitive active	tanke
Infinitive passive	tankes
Present active	tanker
Present passive	tankes
Past
Present participle	tankende
Past participle
Imperative	[[ Norwegian|]]

Inflection 2

Infinitive active	tanke
Infinitive passive	tankes
Present active	tanker
Present passive	tankes
Past
Present participle	tankende
Past participle
Imperative	[[ Norwegian|]]

    Conjugation of tanke in Nynorsk

Inflection 1

Infinitive active	tanke
Infinitive passive	ast
Present
Past
Present participle	ande
Past participle
Imperative	[[]]

Inflection 2

Infinitive active	tanke
Infinitive passive	ast
Present
Past
Present participle	ande
Past participle
Imperative	[[]]

1. tank up, fill up
2. refuel

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þanki (“thought”).

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

tanke c

1. thought

Declension

Declension of tanke

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tanke	tanken	tankar	tankarna
genitive	tankes	tankens	tankars	tankarnas

See also

• tänka
• tankeverksamhet