dankbar
German, adjective[ˈdaŋkbaːɐ̯]
dankbar is spelled D-A-N-K-B-A-R (7 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,961st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dankbar is a German adjective meaning “grateful, thankful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Gutes, das man erfahren hat, anerkennend”.
What does dankbar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grateful, thankful
Ich bin sicher, er war dir dafür dankbar.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. etwas Gutes, das man erfahren hat, anerkennend 2. mit Befriedigung erfüllend, lohnend 3. einfach zu handhaben, leicht zu pflegen, nicht empfindlich
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dankbar
- dankbarer masculine nominative singular
- am dankbarsten superlative
- dankbare feminine nominative singular
- dankbares neuter nominative singular
- dankbaren genitive masculine singular
- dankbarem dative masculine singular
- der dankbare definite includes-article masculine
- die dankbare definite feminine includes-article
- das dankbare definite includes-article neuter
- die dankbaren definite includes-article nominative
- des dankbaren definite genitive includes-article
- der dankbaren definite feminine genitive
- dem dankbaren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dankbar?
- [ˈdaŋkbaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dankbar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dankbar in German?
dankbar appears 28 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).