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Otti thanks Frau Hilde for the cake.
Otti dankt Frau Hilde für den Kuchen. Otti thanks Frau Hilde for the cake.

verb · A1

danken

[ˈdaŋkn̩]

to thank

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es dankt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es dankte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gedankt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich dankedanktehabe gedankt
du dankstdanktesthast gedankt
er/sie/es danktdanktehat gedankt
wir dankendanktenhaben gedankt
ihr danktdanktethabt gedankt
sie/Sie dankendanktenhaben gedankt
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gedanktwerde dankenwerde gedankt haben
du hattest gedanktwirst dankenwirst gedankt haben
er/sie/es hatte gedanktwird dankenwird gedankt haben
wir hatten gedanktwerden dankenwerden gedankt haben
ihr hattet gedanktwerdet dankenwerdet gedankt haben
sie/Sie hatten gedanktwerden dankenwerden gedankt haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich dankte
du danktest
er/sie/es dankte
wir dankten
ihr danktet
sie/Sie dankten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde danken.

Person Imperativ
du dank!
ihr dankt!
Sie danken Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

dank root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

dankeder Dankdankbarbedanken

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde tells stories

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