Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch bedanken. Equivalent to be- +‎ danken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈdɑŋkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧dan‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkən

Verb

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bedanken

  1. (transitive) to thank
    Ik wil jullie allemaal bedanken voor dit geweldig(e) feest.
    I want to thank all of you for this fantastic party.
  2. (intransitive) to decline, to reject [with voor] (with connotations of politeness)
    Quinten besloot om te bedanken voor de aangeboden baan.
    Quinten decided to respectfully reject the job that was offered.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bedanken (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bedanken
past singular bedankte
past participle bedankt
infinitive bedanken
gerund bedanken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bedank bedankte
2nd person sing. (jij) bedankt, bedank2 bedankte
2nd person sing. (u) bedankt bedankte
2nd person sing. (gij) bedankt bedankte
3rd person singular bedankt bedankte
plural bedanken bedankten
subjunctive sing.1 bedanke bedankte
subjunctive plur.1 bedanken bedankten
imperative sing. bedank
imperative plur.1 bedankt
participles bedankend bedankt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: bedank
  • Jersey Dutch: bedānke
  • Papiamentu: bedank

German

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Etymology

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From be- +‎ danken. Apparently not attested before Modern German (thus after 1400).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bedanken (weak, third-person singular present bedankt, past tense bedankte, past participle bedankt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to thank, to express thanks [with bei (+ dative) ‘(to) someone’ and für (+ accusative) ‘for something’]
    Synonym: danken (construed differently)
    Du musst dich bei ihr bedanken.
    You have to thank her. / You have to say thanks to her.
    Sie bedankte sich höflich für die Unterstützung.
    She politely expressed her thanks for the support.
  2. (transitive, now only in the passive) to thank for (something)
    Alle Glückwünsche wurden vom Jubilar herzlich bedankt.
    All the congratulations were cordially thanked for by the guest of honour.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • bedanken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bedanken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bedanken” in Duden online
  • bedanken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From be- +‎ danken.

Verb

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bedanken

  1. to oblige to thank

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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