tanken
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Noun edit
tanken c
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tanken c
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tanken c
Dutch edit
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tanken
- (intransitive) to fuel (to fill a fuel tank of a vehicle)
- (intransitive, slang) to drink lots of alcohol
Inflection edit
Inflection of tanken (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | tanken | |||
past singular | tankte | |||
past participle | getankt | |||
infinitive | tanken | |||
gerund | tanken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | tank | tankte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | tankt | tankte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | tankt | tankte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | tankt | tankte | ||
3rd person singular | tankt | tankte | ||
plural | tanken | tankten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | tanke | tankte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | tanken | tankten | ||
imperative sing. | tank | |||
imperative plur.1 | tankt | |||
participles | tankend | getankt | ||
1) Archaic. |
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English tank. The reflexive use is from the now archaic sense "tank, armoured vehicle".
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tanken (weak, third-person singular present tankt, past tense tankte, past participle getankt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to fuel, to refuel (fill a fuel tank of a vehicle)
- (transitive or intransitive, informal) to drink a lot of alcohol
- (reflexive, with some locative adverb) to move forcefully against resistance
- Der bullige Mittelstürmer tankt sich durch die gegnerische Abwehr.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | tanken | ||||
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present participle | tankend | ||||
past participle | getankt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich tanke | wir tanken | i | ich tanke | wir tanken |
du tankst | ihr tankt | du tankest | ihr tanket | ||
er tankt | sie tanken | er tanke | sie tanken | ||
preterite | ich tankte | wir tankten | ii | ich tankte1 | wir tankten1 |
du tanktest | ihr tanktet | du tanktest1 | ihr tanktet1 | ||
er tankte | sie tankten | er tankte1 | sie tankten1 | ||
imperative | tank (du) tanke (du) |
tankt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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tanken
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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tanken m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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tanken m
Swedish edit
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tanken