danken
German, verb
danken is spelled D-A-N-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,781st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Danken is a German verb meaning “to thank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Danken is a different word: “gerund of danken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “seinen Dank aussprechen oder seine Dankbarkeit durch Taten äußern”.
What does danken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thank
Peter hat Michaela mit einem großen Blumenstrauß gedankt.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of danken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. seinen Dank aussprechen oder seine Dankbarkeit durch Taten äußern 2. (jemandem etwas) verdanken 3. dankend ablehnen
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 danken
- dankt present singular third-person
- dankte past
- gedankt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dankend participle present
- danke first-person indicative present
- dankst indicative present second-person
- dankest second-person singular subjunctive
- danket plural second-person subjunctive
- dankten first-person indicative plural
- danktest indicative preterite second-person
- danktet indicative plural preterite
- dank imperative second-person singular
- habe gedankt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gedankt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- dank! imperative singular
- danke! imperative singular
- dankt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to danken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is danken in German?
danken appears 16 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).