thank

Meaning

1. To express gratitude or appreciation toward.
2. To feel gratitude or appreciation toward.
3. To credit or hold responsible.

give thanks

express gratitude

say thank you

be thankful for

be grateful to

be thankful

give thanks for

show gratitude

be appreciative

express thanks

express one’s gratitude

acknowledgement

be obliged

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θæŋk/

From Middle English thanken, thankien, from Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank, give thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōną (“to thank”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tonkje (“to thank”), West Frisian tanke (“to thank”), Dutch danken (“to thank”), Low German danken (“to thank”), German danken (“to thank”), Danish takke (“to thank”), Swedish tacka (“to thank”), Icelandic þakka (“to thank”). Of the same root as the above etymology. Related to thought.

Cognate with Western Frisian

tanke

Cognate with Dutch

danken

Cognate with German

danken

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