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dank
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæ?k/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): /de??k/
- Rhymes: -æ?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English danke (“wet, damp; dampness, moisture”), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”), Icelandic dökk (“pool”), Old Norse d?kk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). However, some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“smoke, steam, vapor”).
Adjective
dank (comparative danker, superlative dankest)
- Dark, damp and humid.
- 1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, The Story of Justin Martyr
- Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXII:
- Who were the strugglers, what war did they wage, / Whose savage trample thus could pad the dank / Soil to a plash? [...]
- 1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, The Story of Justin Martyr
- (figuratively, of marijuana) Highly potent.
- (slang, often ironic) Great, awesome.
Derived terms
- danken
- dankly
- dankness
- dank meme
Translations
Noun
dank (plural danks)
- Moisture; humidity; water.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VII, verse 441:
- "Yet oft they quit | The dank, and rising on siff pennons, tow'r | the mid aerial sky"
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VII, verse 441:
Etymology 2
From Middle English danken, from the adjective (see above).
Verb
dank (third-person singular simple present danks, present participle danking, simple past and past participle danked)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.
References
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- danek
Noun
dank (plural danks)
- A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.
Anagrams
- D. Kan., N. Dak., NKDA, kDNA, kand, kdna
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??k/
- Hyphenation: dank
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch danc, from Old Dutch *thank, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz.
Noun
dank m (uncountable)
- gratitude, thanks
- show/token of recognition
- reward, recompense
Synonyms
- dankbetoon
- dankbetuiging
- dankzegging
Antonyms
- ondank
Derived terms
- danken
- dankbaar
- dankloos
- dankwoord
- dankzeggen
- plasdank
- stank voor dank
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dank
- first-person singular present indicative of danken
- imperative of danken
German
Etymology
Cognate with danken and Dutch dank; compare the Latin gr?tia.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?k
Preposition
dank (+ genitive or dative)
- thanks to, because of
Related terms
- danken
- bedanken
- Dank m, Undank
Further reading
- “dank” in Duden online
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dank/, [da?k]
Noun
dank m
- tax, fine, levy, duty
Declension
Further reading
- dank in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Luxembourgish
Verb
dank
- second-person singular imperative of danken
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dalk
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?elg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx.
Noun
dalk (plural dalks)
- A pin; brooch; clasp
Etymology 2
From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.
Alternative forms
- delk
Noun
dalk (plural dalks)
- (now rare) A hollow or depression.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 120:
- On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 120:
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dadelijk, whence also the Afrikaans doublet dadelik (“immediately”). For a possible sense shift from “immediately” to “possibly” compare dialectal English drekly from directly. Note, however, that the Dutch adjective also used to mean “really, actually, indeed” (for which now daadwerkelijk, inderdaad); from this the Afrikaans sense can be derived simply through semantic weakening.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dalk/
Adverb
dalk
- perchance, perhaps, possibly
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English dalc, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz.
Noun
dalk
- Alternative form of dalke (“brooch”)
Etymology 2
From Old English *daluc.
Noun
dalk
- Alternative form of dalke (“depression”)
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