bedanken

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch bedanken. Equivalent to be- +‎ danken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈdɑŋkə(n)/ Hyphenation: be‧dan‧ken Rhymes: -ɑŋkən === Verb === bedanken (transitive) to thank (intransitive) to decline, to reject [with voor] (with connotations of politeness) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bedankje bedankt ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: bedank Jersey Dutch: bedānke → Papiamentu: bedank == German == === Etymology === From be- +‎ danken. Apparently not attested before Modern German (thus after 1400). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aŋkn̩ Hyphenation: be‧dan‧ken === Verb === bedanken (weak, third-person singular present bedankt, past tense bedankte, past participle bedankt, auxiliary haben) (reflexive) to thank, to express thanks [with bei (+ dative) ‘(to) someone’ and für (+ accusative) ‘for something’] Synonym: danken (construed differently) (transitive, now only in the passive) to thank for (something) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Bedanken Bedanker Bedankung ==== Related terms ==== abdanken verdanken === Further reading === “bedanken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bedanken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bedanken” in Duden online “bedanken” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From be- +‎ danken. === Verb === bedanken to oblige to thank ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: bedanken Limburgish: bedanke === Further reading === Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bedanken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN