takk fyrir

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From takk (“thanks”) +‎ fyrir (“for”), literally meaning “thanks for ...”. Cognate with Icelandic þökk fyrir and Faroese takk fyri, tøkk fyri. === Interjection === takk fyrir thank you, thanks [with accusative] Synonyms: takk, þökk fyrir ==== Usage notes ==== The interjection takk (“thanks”) (borrowed from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk) is a cognate of þökk (“a thank, thanks”), itself inherited directly from Old Norse. The term þökk is used as a noun, and rarely as an interjection by itself. The derived term þökk fyrir can be used as an interjection. ==== Synonyms ==== þakka þér (singular) (literally “(I) thank you”) þakka þér fyrir (singular) (literally “thank you for ...”) þakka ykkur fyrir (plural) (literally “thank you for ...”) þakka yður (singular, formal; rare) (literally “(I) thank you ...”) þakka yður fyrir (singular and plural, formal; rare) (literally “thank you for ...”) ==== Derived terms ==== takk fyrir í dag (“thanks for today”) takk fyrir í gær (“thanks for yesterday”) takk fyrir í kvöld (“thanks for tonight”) takk fyrir mig (“thanks for myself”) (commonly said to a host for having been received as a guest; both after dining and when departing) takk fyrir síðast, takk fyrir seinast (“thanks for last time”) ==== Related terms ==== þakka (“to thank”) takk kærlega (“thank you dearly; thank you very much”) kærar þakkir (“dear thanks; thank you very much”) þúsund þakkir (“thousand thanks”)