bedankt Dutch · revision 37186

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /bəˈdɑŋkt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''bedankt'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The interjection is the past participle [[der|nl|bedanken|t=to thank]], used on its own as a word of thanks.^(ANW)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek) As with other verbs in ⟨be-⟩, the participle has no ⟨ge-⟩: it is the stem with the ending ⟨-t⟩.^(WikiWoordenboek) The verb is [[inh|dum|bedanken]], like [[gml|bedanken]], formed with [[be-]] from [[dank]] or [[danken]].^(MNW)^(WNT)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The verb ''bedanken'' is recorded from the 14th century, at first in the sense “to give someone reason for satisfaction” and, reflexively, “to be content, to thank”.^(MNW) The WNT, in its volume of 1896, gives ''Wel bedankt!'' beside ''Ik bedank u wel!'' as phrases for thanking someone, and records the southern ''Ge zijt wel bedankt!''^(WNT)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 17th century ''bedankt'' was also an adjective meaning “content, satisfied”.^(MNW) The verb came to mean thanking someone in the usual polite formulas, and also declining an offer with thanks, as in ''Ik moet u bedanken'' (1784); from this the interjection can be a polite refusal too.^(WNT)^(WikiWoordenboek) In the south ''Ge zijt feestelijk bedankt!'' was said for not wanting anything to do with a thing, where the north said ''Ik dank je feestelijk''.^(WNT)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1340 – Middle Dutch ''bedanken'' is first quoted.^(MNW)

+ * 1539 – ''Ick bedancke v'' “I thank you”.^(WNT)

+ * 1784 – ''Bedanken'' in the sense of declining an invitation.^(WNT)

+ * 1896 – The WNT records ''Wel bedankt!'' as a formula of thanks.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # [[m|en|thanks]], thank you: ''Bedankt voor de bloemen!''^(ANW)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek)

+ # No thanks, a polite way of turning down an offer.^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dank]]

+ * [[danken]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}