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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
- thank you, thanks
- Synonyms: takk, þökk fyrir
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
- þakka þér (singular) (literally “(I) thank you”)
- þakka yður (singular, formal; rare) (literally “(I) thank you ...”)
- þakka yður fyrir (singular and plural, formal; rare) (literally “thank you for ...”)
Derived terms