dankbar

German

Etymology

Dank +‎ -bar. Cognate to Dutch dankbaar.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

dankbar (strong nominative masculine singular dankbarer, comparative dankbarer, superlative am dankbarsten)

  1. grateful, thankful (für (“for”) + accusative)
    Antonym: undankbar
    Johann Sebastian Bach, Christ lag in Todes Banden (BWV 4):
    Gott loben und ihm dankbar sein, und singen halleluja, halleluja!
    Praise God and be thankful to him, and sing hallelujah, hallelujah!
    (literally, “God praise and to him thankful be, and sing hallelujah, hallelujah!”)
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Declension

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Further reading
  • “dankbar” in Duden online
  • “dankbar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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