Danish

Noun

Etymology 1

tanke c (singular definite tanken, plural indefinite tanker)

1. thought
2. idea
3. intension

Inflection

Etymology 2

tanke c

1. indefinite plural of tank

Alternative forms

• tanks (Etymology 1 of tank)

Verb

tanke ‎(imperative tank, infinitive at tanke, present tense tanker, past tense tankede, perfect tense har tanket)

1. tank up, fill up
2. refuel

Dutch

Verb

tanke

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tanken

Anagrams

• akten, kante, taken

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German dankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋ.kə/

Verb

tanke

1. to thank
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, Associação Internacional de Lingüística – SIL Brasil, page 30:

     awer, ap xeele, tanke, knaps – mas, descascar, agradecer, rarefeito.

     but, to peel, to thank, scarce – but, to peel, to thank, scarce

     (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German danke, and Old Norse þanki.

Noun

tanke m ‎(definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tanker, definite plural tankene)

1. thought
2. intent
3. idea

Related terms

• tenke (verb)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the noun tank

Verb

tanke (present tense tanker; past tense and past participle tanka or tanket)

1. to tank, tank up, fill up, (put fuel into a tank)

References

• “tanke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtankә/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German danke, and Old Norse þanki.

Noun

tanke m ‎(definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tankar, definite plural tankane)

1. thought
2. intent
3. idea

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tanke ‎(present tense tankar, past tense tanka, past participle tanka, passive infinitive tankast, present participle tankande, imperative tanke/tank)

1. Alternative form of tanka

References

• “tanke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þanki ‎(“thought”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tanke c

1. thought

Declension

See also

• tänka
• tankeverksamhet