þökk

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Cognates include Icelandic takk, Faroese tøkk, Norwegian takk, Danish tak, Swedish tack, English thank, West Frisian tank, Dutch dank and German Dank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θœhk/
    Rhymes: -œhk

Noun

þökk f (genitive singular þakkar, nominative plural þakkir)

  1. a thank, thanks; an expression of gratitude.

Usage notes

  • 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.
  • The interjection takk (thank you) and its derivations are more common. Takk is borrowed from Danish tak, itself inhereted from Old Norse þǫkk, and is thus a cognate of þökk.

Declension

Derived terms

  • flytja þökk (“bring thanks”)
  • færa þökk (“bring thanks”)
  • gjalda þökk (“pay thanks”)
  • kunna þökk (“be thankful”, literally “know thanks”)
  • kærar þakkir (dear thanks; thank you very much)
  • óþökk
  • tjá þökk (“express thanks”)
  • þúsund þakkir (thousand thanks)
  • þökk fyrir (thank you)
  • þökk sé (thanks to)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.