tänu

See also: tanu, tanú, tạnu, and tanʉ

Estonian

Etymology

From tänama + -u.

Noun

tänu (genitive tänu, partitive tänu)

  1. thanks, praise
  2. (mostly in the plural) thank you, thanks

Declension

Preposition

tänu

  1. due to, thanks to
    Tänu sinule läks kõik viltu.
    Thanks to you, everything went wrong.

Usage notes

Governs the allative.

Synonyms

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