þanki

See also: yanki

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German danke, probably via Danish tanke, with the initial consonant of the related verb Icelandic þenkja (“think”), Danish tænke. Ultimately related to Old Saxon thenkian. The noun is attested in Icelandic sources since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθauɲ̊cɪ/

  Rhymes: -auɲ̊cɪ

• Rhymes: -auŋ̊cɪ

Noun

þanki m (genitive singular þanka, nominative plural þankar)

1. thought, idea

Declension

Declension of þanki (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þanki	þankinn	þankar	þankarnir
accusative	þanka	þankann	þanka	þankana
dative	þanka	þankanum	þönkum	þönkunum
genitive	þanka	þankans	þanka	þankanna

Synonyms

• (thought): hugsun

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fljúga ekki í þanka (to not come to mind)
• fljúga í þanka (to come to mind)
• vera í þungum þönkum (to be in deep thought, to be lost in one's thoughts)
• þankagangur (a way of thinking, a mentality)
• þankastrik (an em dash, “—”)

Related terms

• þenkja