bedanken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bedanken. Equivalent to be- + danken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈdɑŋkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧dan‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkən

Verb

bedanken

  1. (transitive) to thank
    Ik wil jullie allemaal bedanken voor dit geweldig feest.
    I want to thank all of you for this fantastic party.
  2. (intransitive) to decline, to reject [+ voor (object)] (with connotations of politeness)
    Quinten besloot om te bedanken voor de aangeboden baan.
    Quinten decided to respectfully reject the job that was offered.

Inflection

Inflection of bedanken (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bedanken
past singular bedankte
past participle bedankt
infinitive bedanken
gerund bedanken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bedankbedankte
2nd person sing. (jij) bedanktbedankte
2nd person sing. (u) bedanktbedankte
2nd person sing. (gij) bedanktbedankte
3rd person singular bedanktbedankte
plural bedankenbedankten
subjunctive sing.1 bedankebedankte
subjunctive plur.1 bedankenbedankten
imperative sing. bedank
imperative plur.1 bedankt
participles bedankendbedankt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bedank
  • Jersey Dutch: bedānke
  • Papiamentu: bedank

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

bedanken (weak, third-person singular present bedankt, past tense bedankte, past participle bedankt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive, [für -- for], [bei -- to]) to be thankful, to express thanks.
    Sie bedankte sich artig für die Unterstützung.
    She politely expressed her thanks for the support.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bedanken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bedanken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bedanken” in Duden online
  • bedanken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From be- + danken.

Verb

bedanken

  1. to oblige to thank

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading

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