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tanke.

a thought

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²taŋːkɛ/[²t̪ʰäŋːkɛ̠]

  1. a thought

    common-gender
    Tänk glada tankar!
    ha en tanke i huvudet

  2. given, considering, in view of, with regard to

    common-gender
    Med tanke på att monstren snart är här så borde vi gömma oss
    Med tanke på innehållet är det konstigt att boken inte blivit mer kontroversiell
Where this word comes from

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.

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