danken (third-person singular simple present dankens, present participle dankening, simple past and past participle dankened)
From Middle Dutch danken, from Old Dutch thancon, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank + -en.
danken
| Conjugation of danken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | danken | |||
| past singular | dankte | |||
| past participle | gedankt | |||
| infinitive | danken | |||
| gerund | danken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dank | dankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dankt, dank2 | dankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dankt | dankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dankt | dankte | ||
| 3rd person singular | dankt | dankte | ||
| plural | danken | dankten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | danke | dankte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | danken | dankten | ||
| imperative sing. | dank | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dankt | |||
| participles | dankend | gedankt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Middle High German danken, from Old High German dankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Compare Dutch danken, English thank, Danish takke.
danken (weak, third-person singular present dankt, past tense dankte, past participle gedankt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | danken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | dankend | ||||
| past participle | gedankt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich danke | wir danken | i | ich danke | wir danken |
| du dankst | ihr dankt | du dankest | ihr danket | ||
| er dankt | sie danken | er danke | sie danken | ||
| preterite | ich dankte | wir dankten | ii | ich dankte1 | wir dankten1 |
| du danktest | ihr danktet | du danktest1 | ihr danktet1 | ||
| er dankte | sie dankten | er dankte1 | sie dankten1 | ||
| imperative | dank (du) danke (du) |
dankt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Old High German thankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Cognate with German danken, Dutch danken, English thank.
danken (third-person singular present dankt, past participle gedankt, auxiliary verb hunn)
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | danken | |
| participle | gedankt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | danken | — |
| 2nd singular | danks | dank |
| 3rd singular | dankt | — |
| 1st plural | danken | — |
| 2nd plural | dankt | dankt |
| 3rd plural | danken | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
From Old Dutch thancon, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Equivalent to dank + -en.
danken
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | danken | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | danken | |
| In genitive | dankens | |
| In dative | dankene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | danke | — |
| 2nd singular | dancs, dankes | — |
| 3rd singular | danct, danket | — |
| 1st plural | danken | — |
| 2nd plural | danct, danket | — |
| 3rd plural | danken | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | danke | — |
| 2nd singular | dancs, dankes | — |
| 3rd singular | danke | — |
| 1st plural | danken | — |
| 2nd plural | danct, danket | — |
| 3rd plural | danken | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | danc, danke | |
| Plural | danct, danket | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | dankende | — |