þökk

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Cognates include Icelandic takk, Faroese tøkk, Norwegian takk, Danish tak, Swedish tack, English thank, West Frisian tank, Dutch dank and German Dank.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θœhk/
    Rhymes: -œhk

Noun

þökk f (genitive singular þakkar, nominative plural þakkir)

  1. a thank, thanks; an expression of gratitude.

Usage notes
  • 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.
  • The interjection takk (“thanks”) and its derivations are more common. Takk is borrowed from Danish tak, itself inherited from Old Norse þǫkk, and is thus a cognate of þökk.

Declension
declension of þökk
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þökk þökkin þakkir þakkirnar
accusative þökk þökkina þakkir þakkirnar
dative þökk þökkinni þökkum þökkunum
genitive þakkar þakkarinnar þakka þakkanna

Derived terms
  • flytja þökk (“bring thanks”)
  • færa þökk (“bring thanks”)
  • gjalda þökk (“pay thanks”)
  • kunna þökk (“be thankful”, literally “know thanks”)
  • kærar þakkir (“dear thanks; thank you very much”)
  • óþökk
  • tjá þökk (“express thanks”)
  • þúsund þakkir (“thousand thanks”)
  • þökk fyrir (“thank you”)
  • þökk sé (“thanks to”)
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