tänu

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tanu"

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tenho.

Noun

tänu (genitive tänu, partitive tänu)

  1. thanks, praise
  2. (mostly in the plural) thank you, thanks

Declension

Declension of tänu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tänu tänud
accusative nom.
gen. tänu
genitive tänude
partitive tänu tänusid
illative tännu
tänusse 		tänudesse
inessive tänus tänudes
elative tänust tänudest
allative tänule tänudele
adessive tänul tänudel
ablative tänult tänudelt
translative tänuks tänudeks
terminative tänuni tänudeni
essive tänuna tänudena
abessive tänuta tänudeta
comitative tänuga tänudega

Derived terms

Preposition

tänu

  1. due to, thanks to
    Tänu sinule läks kõik viltu.
    Thanks to you, everything went wrong.

Usage notes

Governs the allative.

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia