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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

tanke.

thought

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/tankə/[ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ə]

  1. thought

    common-gender

  2. idea

    common-gender

  3. intention

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish tanckæ, 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.

verb/tankə/[ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ə]

  1. tank up, fill up

  2. refuel

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