"danke" meaning in German

See danke in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [ˈdaŋkə] Audio: CPIDL German - Danke.ogg , De-danke.ogg
Etymology: Ellipsis of ich danke dir (“I thank you”). Head templates: {{head|de|interjection}} danke
  1. thanks, thank you
    Sense id: en-danke-de-intj-BAya-KFI Related terms: Dank, Dankadresse, dankbar, danke schön, danke sehr, dankend, Dankfest, Dankopfer, ich danke schön, ich danke sehr, Undankbarkeit, undankbar, bitte

Verb

IPA: [ˈdaŋkə] Audio: CPIDL German - Danke.ogg , De-danke.ogg
Etymology: Ellipsis of ich danke dir (“I thank you”). Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} danke
  1. inflection of danken:
    first-person singular present
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: danken
    Sense id: en-danke-de-verb-0G9FRm~S Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header, German phrasebook Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 11 11 35 23 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 7 7 36 27 25 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 43 26 23 Disambiguation of German phrasebook: 19 33 23 25
  2. inflection of danken:
    first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    Tags: first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person Form of: danken
    Sense id: en-danke-de-verb-G0UD2VAu
  3. inflection of danken:
    singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: danken
    Sense id: en-danke-de-verb-EjlzYN8v

Alternative forms

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    },
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        },
        {
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        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "danke schön"
        },
        {
          "word": "danke sehr"
        },
        {
          "word": "dankend"
        },
        {
          "word": "Dankfest"
        },
        {
          "word": "Dankopfer"
        },
        {
          "word": "ich danke schön"
        },
        {
          "word": "ich danke sehr"
        },
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          "word": "Undankbarkeit"
        },
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          "word": "undankbar"
        },
        {
          "word": "bitte"
        }
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    },
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      "word": "Dankadresse"
    },
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      "word": "dankbar"
    },
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      "word": "danke schön"
    },
    {
      "word": "danke sehr"
    },
    {
      "word": "dankend"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dankfest"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dankopfer"
    },
    {
      "word": "ich danke schön"
    },
    {
      "word": "ich danke sehr"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "bitte"
    }
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          "thank you"
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