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 (feminine)

	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”)

Related terms

• þakka (“to thank”)
• takk, takk fyrir (“thank you”)