tanken

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Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

tanken c

  1. definite singular of tanke (thought)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Noun

tanken c

  1. definite singular of tank (container)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

Noun

tanken c

  1. definite singular of tank (armored vehicle)

Dutch

Etymology

From English tank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛŋkə(n)/
  • (file)

Verb

tanken

  1. (intransitive) to fuel (to fill a fuel tank of a vehicle)
  2. (intransitive, slang) to drink lots of alcohol

Inflection

Inflection of tanken (weak)
infinitive tanken
past singular tankte
past participle getankt
infinitive tanken
gerund tanken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tank tankte
2nd person sing. (jij) tankt tankte
2nd person sing. (u) tankt tankte
2nd person sing. (gij) tankt tankte
3rd person singular tankt tankte
plural tanken tankten
subjunctive sing.1 tanke tankte
subjunctive plur.1 tanken tankten
imperative sing. tank
imperative plur.1 tankt
participles tankend getankt
1) Archaic.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English tank. The reflexive use is from the now archaic sense "tank, armoured vehicle".

Pronunciation

Verb

tanken (weak, third-person singular present tankt, past tense tankte, past participle getankt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to fuel, to refuel (fill a fuel tank of a vehicle)
  2. (transitive or intransitive, informal) to drink a lot of alcohol
  3. (reflexive, with some locative adverb) to move forcefully against resistance
    Der bullige Mittelstürmer tankt sich durch die gegnerische Abwehr.
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Further reading

  • tanken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • tanken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • tanken” in Duden online
  • tanken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Japanese

Romanization

tanken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たんけん

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tanken m

  1. definite singular of tank
  2. definite singular of tanke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tanken m

  1. definite singular of tank
  2. definite singular of tanke

Swedish

Noun

tanken

  1. definite singular of tank
  2. definite singular of tanke

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