tak

See also: Tak, -tak, -ták, так, and

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tak (branch, twig, offshoot), from Middle Dutch tac (pointy object, forked object), from Old Dutch *takko (pointy object).

Noun

tak (plural takke)

  1. branch, twig, bough
  2. branch, offshoot

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tak/
  • (file)

Adverb

tak

  1. so (very)
    Je tak dobrý!He is so good!
    Není to tak špatné.It’s not so bad.
  2. so (therefore)
    Chtěl knihu, tak si zašel do knihovny.He wanted a book, so he went to the library.
  3. so, in that way
    Tak to chodíThat's the way it goes (lit. "so it goes")

Interjection

tak

  1. so
    Tak jděme!So let's go!

Derived terms

See also


Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tak/, [ˈtˢɑɡ̊]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

Noun

tak c (singular definite takken, not used in plural form)

  1. thanks

Interjection

tak

  1. thank you, thanks, ta

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German tacke.

Noun

tak c (singular definite takken, plural indefinite takker)

  1. jag
  2. point
  3. cog
  4. tooth
  5. tine
Inflection
Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tac (pointy object, forked object), from Old Dutch *takko (pointy object), from Frankish *takkō, from Proto-Germanic *takkô.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑk
  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /tɑk/

Noun

tak m (plural takken, diminutive takje n)

  1. branch, twig, bough
    Synonyms: telg, twijg
  2. branch, offshoot

Derived terms

Anagrams


Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɛaːʰk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːʰk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Noun

tak n (genitive singular taks, plural tøk)

  1. roof
Declension
Declension of tak
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tak takið tøk tøkini
accusative tak takið tøk tøkini
dative taki takinum tøkum tøkunum
genitive taks taksins taka takanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tak.

Noun

tak n (genitive singular taks, plural tøk)

  1. grip, hold
  2. huge effort, major effort, strenuous effort
Declension
Declension of tak
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tak takið tøk tøkini
accusative tak takið tøk tøkini
dative taki takinum tøkum tøkunum
genitive taks taksins taka takanna

Derived terms


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰaːk/
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

tak n (genitive singular taks, nominative plural tök)

  1. grip, hold

Declension


Indonesian

Etymology

Cognate with tidak, from Malay tak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Malay tak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

Adverb

tak

  1. not (negates meaning of verb)
    Saya tak mau makan.
    I don't want to eat.
  2. not (To no degree)
    Buku itu tidak mahal.
    That book is not expensive.

Synonyms

  • tidak
  • ndak (colloquial)
  • nggak (colloquial)
  • kagak (colloquial)

Latvian

Pronunciation

Conjunction

tak

  1. but, but also

Particle

tak

  1. particle used to reinforce or emphasize a certain word or idea, usually by reducing doubts about it; but... (really), surely, just

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tak/

Adverb

tak

  1. so

Malay

Etymology

Cognate with tidak, dak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taʔ/
  • Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ

Adverb

tak

  1. (informal) not (negates meaning of verb)
    Saya tak mahu makan.
    I don't want to eat.
  2. (informal) not (To no degree)
    Buku itu tak mahal.
    That book is not expensive.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Noun

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka or takene)

  1. roof
  2. ceiling
Derived terms
Terms derived from tak (roof)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tak.

Noun

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka or takene)

  1. grip
Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑːk/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Akin to English thatch.

Noun

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka)

  1. roof
  2. ceiling
Derived terms
Terms derived from tak (roof)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tak.

Noun

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka)

  1. grip
Derived terms
Terms derived from tak (Etymology 2)

Etymology 3

Verb

tak

  1. imperative of taka and take

References


Old Norse

Noun

tak n (genitive taks, plural tǫk)

  1. grip, hold

Declension

Descendants

References

  • tak in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tako.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tak/
  • (file)

Interjection

tak

  1. yes
    - Zrobiłeś to? - Tak.
    - Did you do that? - Yes, (I did).

Adverb

tak (not comparable)

  1. so (used for emphasis)
    Było tak ciemno, że nic nie widziałem.
    It was so dark that I couldn't see anything.
    Kocham cię tak bardzo!
    I love you so much!
  2. like this; so (in this way)
    Ona mi tak powiedziała.
    She told me so.
    Ja to robię tak.
    I do it like this.

Further reading

  • tak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Anagrams

akt, kat, tka


Scots

Etymology

From Early Scots tak, from Middle English taken (to take), from Old English tacan (to grasp, touch), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (to touch, take), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (to touch), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- (to touch). Gradually displaced Middle English nimen ("to take"; see nim), from Old English niman (to take). Cognate with Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (to take), Norwegian Bokmål ta (to take), Danish tage (to take, seize), Middle Dutch taken (to grasp), Dutch taken (to take; to grasp), Middle Low German tacken (to grasp).

Verb

tak (third-person singular present taks, present participle takkin, past teuk, past participle taen or takken)

  1. to take

Derived terms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From French taquet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tâːk/

Noun

tȃk m (Cyrillic spelling та̑к)

  1. billiard-cue
Declension

Etymology 2

From Italian tacco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tâk/

Noun

tȁk m (Cyrillic spelling та̏к)

  1. (regional) arc, vault (of a building)
  2. (regional) shoe heel
Declension

References

  • tak” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • tak” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þak, from Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taːk/
  • (file)

Noun

tak n

  1. roof
  2. ceiling

Declension

Declension of tak 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tak taket tak taken
Genitive taks takets taks takens

Derived terms

  • innertak
  • yttertak
  • takutspång
  • takskägg

Anagrams


Turkish

Verb

tak

  1. second-person singular imperative of takmak

Volapük

Noun

tak (plural taks)

  1. rest, tranquility

Declension


Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʰɑːk], [tʰäːk], [tʰæːk]
    Rhymes: -áːk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Noun

tak n (definite singular tatje or takä, dative tatjen or takän, definite plural taka)

  1. roof
  2. ceiling
Synonyms
Antonyms
  • teitj

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tak (grip,) from taka (take.)

Noun

tak n

  1. Alternative form of tag
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