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.

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”)