thanks

thanks

English

Alternative forms

• thx, thanx, tnx, 10x

Etymology

From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōs, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θæŋks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /θæŋks/, [ðæŋks]

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• Rhymes: -æŋks

Interjection

thanks

1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thank you

   Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks.

   • ~1595, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 5, scene 1

     Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!

Derived terms

• thanks a lot
• thanks, but no thanks
• thanks for asking
• thanks for nothing
• thanks for your help
• thanks for coming to my TED Talk

Translations

used to express appreciation or gratitude

Afrikaans: dankie (af) Albanian: faleminderit (sq), rrofsh (sq) Ambonese Malay: dangke American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp Amharic: አመሰግናለሁ (ʾämäsägnalähu) Arabic: شُكْرًا‎ (šukran) Egyptian Arabic: شكرا‎ (šukran), مرسي‎ (mersī) Hijazi Arabic: شُكْرًا‎ (šukran), تِسْلَم‎ (tislam) Moroccan Arabic: شكرا‎ (šukran) Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܦܵܝ‎ (ṣpāy) Armenian: շնորհակալություն (hy) (šnorhakalutʿyun) Assamese: ধন্যবাদ (dhoinnobad), থেংকিউ (theṅkiu) Asturian: gracies Azerbaijani: çox sağ ol, təşəkkür edirəm Basque: eskerrik asko (eu), mila esker (eu), esker aunitz Belarusian: дзя́кую (dzjákuju), дзя́куй (dzjákuj), спасі́ба (spasíba) Bengali: ধন্যবাদ (bn) (dhônnôbad), শুকরিয়া (bn) (śukriya) Breton: trugarez (br) Bulgarian: благодаря́ (bg) (blagodarjá), мерси́ (bg) (mersí) Catalan: gràcies (ca), mercès (ca), merci (ca) Chamicuro: osolopaki Cherokee: ᎠᎾᎵᎮᎵᎬ (analiheligv), ᏩᏙ (chr) (wado) Chinese: Cantonese: 多謝 (yue), 多谢 (do1 ze6) (for something received), 唔該 (yue), 唔该 (m4 goi1) (for something performed) Dungan: рахмат (rahmat), дуәще (duəxi͡ə) Mandarin: 謝謝／谢谢 (zh) (xièxie), 多謝／多谢 (zh) (duōxiè), (slang) 三Q (zh) (sānkiù) Min Nan: 多謝 (zh-min-nan), 多谢 (to-siā) Chukchi: рэӄуԓымӈэ (rėquḷymṇė), вэԓынкыӄун (vėḷynkyqun) Cia-Cia: tarima kasi, 따리마 까시 Cornish: meur ras Czech: díky (cs) Danish: tak (da) Dutch: bedankt (nl), dank je, dank u (nl), thanks (nl) (informal), merci (nl) (Belgium, informal) Esperanto: dankon (eo) Estonian: tänan, aitäh (et) Ewe: akpe Faroese: takk Finnish: kiitos (fi), kiitti (fi) French: merci (fr) Galician: grazas, (informal) graciñas Garo: mitela Georgian: გმადლობთ (gmadlobt), მადლობა (madloba), გმადლობ (gmadlob) German: danke (de) Greek: ευχαριστώ (el) (efcharistó) Ancient: εὐχαριστῶ (eukharistô) Hebrew: תּוֹדָה‎ (he) (todá), חֵן חֵן‎ (he) (khén khén) Hindi: धन्यवाद (hi) (dhanyavād), शुक्रिया (hi) (śukriyā), थैंक्स (thaiṅks), थैंक्यू (thaiṅkyū) Hungarian: köszönöm (hu), köszi (hu) (informal) Icelandic: takk (is) (informal), takk fyrir (is) (formal), þakka þér Ido: danko (io) Igbo: ị́mẹ̄lá Inari Sami: takkâ Indonesian: terima kasih (id) Irish: (to one person) go raibh maith agat, (to more than one person) go raibh maith agaibh Italian: grazie (it) Japanese: ありがとう (ja) (arigatō), どうも (ja) (dōmo), ありがとうございます (ja) (arigatō gozaimasu) Jingpho: chyeju kaba sai Kazakh: сізге рахмет (sızge raxmet), рақмет сізге (raqmet sızge) Khmer: អរគុណ (ʼɑɑ kun) Korean: 고마워 (gomawo), 고맙다 (ko) (gomapda), 고마워요 (gomawoyo), 고맙습니다 (gomapseumnida) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: سوپاس‎ (supas), سپاس‎ (ku) (spas) Northern Kurdish: spas (ku), memnûn (ku), teşekur (ku) Kyrgyz: рахмат (ky) (rahmat), ыракмат (ky) (ırakmat) Ladino: grasias, mersi, shukur Lao: ຂໍຂອບໃຈ (khǭ khǭp chai), ຂອບໃຈ (khǭp chai) Latin: gratias (la), gratias ago Latvian: paldies Lithuanian: ačiū (lt), dėkui (lt) Luganda: webale Luxembourgish: merci (lb) Macedonian: фала (fala), благодарам (blagodaram) Malay: terima kasih (ms) Maltese: grazzi (mt) Mongolian: Cyrillic: баярлалаа (bajarlalaa) Nahuatl: tlazohcāmati (nah) Navajo: ahéheeʼ Nepali: धन्यवाद (dhanyavād) Northern Sami: giitu Norwegian: takk (no) Occitan: mercé (oc), mercés (oc) Old English: þancas ic dō, þancas ic secge Palauan: sulang Papiamentu: danki Pashto: مننه‎ (manëna) Persian: ممنون‎ (fa) (mamnun), سپاس‎ (fa) (sepâs), مرسی‎ (fa) (mersi), تشکر‎ (fa) (tašakkor) Polish: dziękuję (pl), dzięki (pl) Portuguese: obrigado (pt) m, obrigada (pt) f, valeu (informal, Brazil) Rajasthani: धनवाद (dhanavād), धिनवाद (dhinavād) Romanian: mulțumesc (ro), mersi (ro) Russian: спаси́бо (ru) (spasíbo), благодарю́ (ru) (blagodarjú) Samoan: fa'afetai Sanskrit: धन्यवादान m pl (dhanyavādāna), अनुगृहीतोऽस्मि (anugṛhītoʼsmi) Scots: thank Scottish Gaelic: taing Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хва́ла Roman: hvála (sh) Sinhalese: ඉස්තුති (istuti), ස්තුති (stuti) Skolt Sami: späʹsseb Slovak: vďaka, ďakujem (sk) Slovene: hvála (sl) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: źěkujom se Spanish: gracias (es) Sranan Tongo: danki, tangi Swahili: asante, nashukuru Swedish: tack (sv), tackar (sv) Sylheti: ꠡꠥꠇ꠆ꠞꠤꠀ (śukria), ꠗꠂꠘ꠆ꠘꠛꠣꠖ (dóinnobad) Tagalog: salamat (tl) Tajik: ташаккур (tg) (tašakkur), раҳмат (rahmat) Tamil: நன்றி (ta) (naṉṟi) Telugu: ధన్యవాదాలు (te) (dhanyavādālu) Thai: ขอบคุณ (th) (kɔ̀ɔp-kun) Tigrinya: የመስግነካ (yämäsgənäka) Tlingit: gunalchéesh Turkish: sağ ol (tr), teşekkürler (tr), teşekkür ederim (tr) Turkmen: sagboluň, spasiba Ukrainian: дя́кую (djákuju), спаси́бі (uk) (spasýbi) Unami: wanìshi Urdu: شکریہ‎ (ur) (šukriya), مہربانی‎ (meharbānī), دھنیہ واد‎ (dhanya-vād) (rarely by Hindus) Uyghur: رەھمەت‎‎ (rehmet‎) Uzbek: rahmat (uz), tashakkur (uz) Vietnamese: cám ơn (vi) (感恩) (plus one of: ông, bà, cô, anh, chị, em, quí vị – depending on subject of gratitude) Welsh: diolch (cy) West Frisian: tankewol, tanke Yiddish: דאַנק‎ (dank) Yup'ik: quyana Zulu: ngiyabonga (zu)

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Albanian: (2) (please verify) faleminderit (sq) Estonian: (please verify) aitäh (et), (please verify) tänan Romanian: (please verify) mulțumiri f pl, (2)

Noun

thanks pl (plural only)

1. An expression of gratitude.

   After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is all the thanks I get?

2. Grateful feelings or thoughts.

thanks

1. (obsolete) plural of thank

Derived terms

• thanks to

Translations

expression of gratitude

American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp Bengali: শুকরিয়া (bn) (śukriya) Bulgarian: призна́телност (bg) m (priznátelnost), благода́рност (bg) (blagodárnost) Catalan: mercè (ca) f, mercès (ca) f, gràcies (ca) f pl Czech: díky (cs) m pl Danish: tak (da) c Dutch: bedankt (nl) Esperanto: danko Ewe: akpe n Faroese: tøkk, takk Finnish: kiitos (fi), kiitokset French: remerciements m pl Galician: grazas f pl German: Dank (de) m, Danksagung f Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 m (þagks) Greek: ευχαριστώ (el) n (efcharistó) Hebrew: תּוֹדָה‎ (he) (todá) Hungarian: köszönet (hu) Hunsrik: Dank m Icelandic: þökk (is) f, þakkargerð f, þakkargjörð f Japanese: 謝辞 (ja) (shaji) Oromo: galata Plautdietsch: Dank m Polish: podzięka (pl) f, podziękowanie (pl) n Portuguese: agradecimentos m pl Romanian: mulțumiri f pl Russian: благода́рность (ru) f (blagodárnostʹ) Scottish Gaelic: taing f Sidamo: galata Spanish: gracias (es) f pl Swedish: tack (sv) n Tamil: நன்றி (ta) (naṉṟi) Ukrainian: подя́ка f (podjáka) Volapük: dan (vo)

grateful feelings

American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp Bulgarian: призна́телност (bg) m (priznátelnost), благода́рност (bg) (blagodárnost) Dutch: dank (nl) m Finnish: kiitokset pl French: remerciement (fr) m German: Dank (de) m Greek: ευχαριστία (el) f (efcharistía), ευγνωμοσύνη (el) f (evgnomosýni) Ancient: εὐχαρστία f (eukharstía) Hungarian: hála (hu) Italian: ringraziamento (it) Portuguese: gratidão (pt) f, agradecimento (pt) Russian: благода́рность (ru) f (blagodárnostʹ) Spanish: agradecimiento (es) Swedish: tack (sv) n

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Slovak: (please verify) vďaka Tagalog: (please verify) salamat (tl)

Verb

thanks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thank

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Etymology

Borrowed from English thanks.

Interjection

thanks

1. (informal) thanks

   Synonyms: bedankt, dank je, dank u, dank je wel, dank u wel

   Thanks dat je de vaat gisterenavond gedaan had, ik had er zelf geen tijd voor.

   Thanks for doing the dishes yesterday evening, I didn't have time for it myself.