# tanke
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tankə/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ə]

### Etymology 1

From Old Danish tanckæ, borrowed from Middle Low German danke, from Old Saxon thanc, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (with the initial consonant of the related verb Danish tænke (“think”)). The Middle Low German word has also been borrowed to Swedish tanke, Norwegian tanke, and Icelandic þanki.

#### Noun

tanke c (singular definite tanken, plural indefinite tanker)
* thought
* idea
* intention

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* tanks

#### Noun

tanke c
* indefinite plural of tank

#### Verb

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

## Dutch
### Verb

tanke
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of tanken

### Anagrams

* akten, kante, taken

## Hunsrik
### Verb

tanke (Wiesemann spelling)
* Alternative spelling of danke
** 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, SIL Brasil: Associação Internacional de Lingüística, 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)
* thought
* intent
* idea
* an imaginary small unit of something; a tad

##### Derived terms

* ettertanke
* hovedtanke
* mistanke
* omtanke
* tankefull
* tankegang
* tankemønster
* tankevekkende

##### Related terms

* tenke (verb)

### Etymology 2

From the noun tank.

#### Verb

tanke (present tense tanker, past tense tanka or tanket, past participle tanka or tanket)
* to tank, tank up, fill up, (put fuel into a tank)

### References

* “tanke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* anket, kante, katen, nekta, akten

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²tɑnçə/, /²tɑŋkə/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German danke, and Old Norse þanki.

#### Noun

tanke m (definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tankar, definite plural tankane)
* thought
* intent
* idea

##### Derived terms

* ettertanke
* mistanke
* omtanke
* tankefull
* tankegang
* tankemønster

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

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

### References

* “tanke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Verb

tanke
* inflection of tankar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

tanke
* inflection of tanak:
** masculine accusative plural
** feminine genitive singular
** feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Sidamo
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tank.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtanke/
* Hyphenation: tan‧ke

### Noun

tanke f
* tank (armoured vehicle)

#### Declension
### References

* Ruth Kramer, Anbessa Teferra (2020) “Gender switch in Sidaama”, in Brill's journal of Afroasiatic languages and linguistics, volume 12, page 305

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish þanke, borrowed from Middle Low German danke, from Old Saxon thanc, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz, with the initial consonant of the related verb Swedish tänka (“think”).
The Middle Low German word has also been borrowed to Danish tanke, Norwegian tanke, and Icelandic þanki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²taŋːkɛ/, [²t̪ʰäŋːkɛ̠]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tanke c
* thought

#### Derived terms

* baktanke
* bitanke
* eftertanke
* enhetstanke
* folkhemstanke
* folkkyrkotanke
* framstegstanke
* grundtanke
* huvudtanke
* jämlikhetstanke
* kungstanke
* misstanke
* omtanke
* tankeakt
* tankeansträngning
* tankearbete
* tankebana
* tankebubbla
* tankebyggnad
* tankediger
* tankedikt
* tankedjup
* tankeexperiment
* tankefel
* tankefigur
* tankeflykt
* tankeform
* tankefoster
* tankefrihet
* tankefälla
* tankeförmåga
* tankegods
* tankegång
* tankeinnehåll
* tankekarta
* tankekedja
* tankekonstruktion
* tankekorn
* tankekraft
* tankelag
* tankeled
* tankelek
* tankeliv
* tankelyrik
* tankeläsare
* tankeläsning
* tankemodell
* tankemässig
* tankemöda
* tankemönster
* tankenöt
* tankepaus
* tankeprocess
* tankereda
* tankeriktning
* tankesfär
* tankeskärpa
* tankesmedja
* tankesprång
* tankespår
* tankestoff
* tankeströmning
* tankeställare
* tankeställning
* tankesystem
* tankesätt
* tanketom
* tanketomhet
* tanketradition
* tanketråd
* tankeutbyte
* tankeverksamhet
* tankevurpa
* tankeväckande
* tankevärld
* tankeöverföring
* tankfull
* tanklös
* tvångstanke
* ursprungstanke
* åtanke
* älsklingstanke

### Further reading

* tanke in Svensk ordbok.
* tanke in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* akten, naket, nekat, taken

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian thank, ultimately from a form of Proto-Germanic *þankaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaŋkə/

### Interjection

tanke
* thanks, thank you
    Synonym: tankewol

#### Further reading

* “tanke (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011