takk fyrir

Icelandic

Etymology

From takk (“thanks”) +‎ fyrir (“for”), literally meaning “thanks for ...”. Cognate with Icelandic þökk fyrir and Faroese takk fyri, tøkk fyri.

Interjection

takk fyrir

1. (with accusative) thank you, thanks

Usage notes

• The interjection takk (“thanks”) (borrowed from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk) is a cognate of þökk (“a thank, thanks”), itself inherited directly from Old Norse.
• The term þökk is used as a noun, and rarely as an interjection by itself. The derived term þökk fyrir can be used as an interjection.

Synonyms

• takk
• þökk fyrir
• þakka þér (singular) (literally “(I) thank you”)
  • þakka þér fyrir (singular) (literally “thank you for ...”)
  • þakka ykkur fyrir (plural) (literally “thank you for ...”)
• þakka yður (singular, formal; rare) (literally “(I) thank you ...”)
  • þakka yður fyrir (singular and plural, formal; rare) (literally “thank you for ...”)

Derived terms

• takk fyrir í dag (“thanks for today”)
• takk fyrir í gær (“thanks for yesterday”)
• takk fyrir í kvöld (“thanks for tonight”)
• takk fyrir mig (“thanks for myself”, commonly said to a host for having been received as a guest; both after dining and when departing)
• takk fyrir síðast, takk fyrir seinast (“thanks for last time”)

Related terms

• þakka (“to thank”)
• takk kærlega (“thank you dearly; thank you very much”)
• kærar þakkir (“dear thanks; thank you very much”)
• þúsund þakkir (“thousand thanks”)