"danken" meaning in English

See danken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dankens [present, singular, third-person], dankening [participle, present], dankened [participle, past], dankened [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English dank English -en English danken From dank + -en. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|dank|-en<id:inchoative>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English dank English -en English danken From dank + -en. Head templates: {{en-verb}} danken (third-person singular simple present dankens, present participle dankening, simple past and past participle dankened)
  1. (transitive) To make dank (all senses) Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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