thank

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Meaning

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

be obliged

ευχαριστώ

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/θæŋk/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Saterland Frisian

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with German

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Icelandic

In summary

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 * Danish takke (“to thank”) * Dutch danken (“to thank”) * German danken (“to thank”) * Icelandic þakka (“to thank”) * Low German danken (“to thank”) * Norwegian takke (“to thank”) * Saterland Frisian tonkje (“to thank”) * Swedish tacka (“to thank”) * West Frisian tanke (“to thank”)

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Thank heaven you're here !

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, gentlemen , I thank you for your warm-hearted reception .

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