Meanings
interjection
alternative humorous thankuverymuch · alternative humorous thankyouverymuch
- Said to express greater gratitude than would be conveyed by thank you.
Thank you very much indeed.
Synonyms: thank you and Appendix:Deep gratitude
- sarcasticExpressing indignation that anyone could doubt the preceding statement; thanks a lot.
Sonny came round to childsit today. (Not babysit. I’m not a baby any more – thank you very much!)
2005 June 30, Malorie Blackman, “Callie Rose is 11”, in Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses; 3), London: Corgi Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 1742 more examples
Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “The Boy Who Lived”, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN“Don’t call me honey bun,” said Mum. “I don’t need any of your Americanisms in this house, thank you very much.”
2015, Joy Cowley, chapter 13, in The Bakehouse, Wellington: Gecko Press, →ISBN, page 101
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionSaid to express greater gratitude than would be conveyed by thank you.
Similar
thank you and Appendix:Deep gratitude
Also see
Translations
Afrikaans baie dankie
- baie dankiegreater gratitude than "thank you"
Arabic شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا, أَلْف شُكْر
- شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا (šukran jazīlan)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- أَلْف شُكْر (ʔalf šukr)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Basque eskerrik asko, anitz esker
- eskerrik askogreater gratitude than "thank you"
- anitz eskergreater gratitude than "thank you"
- mila eskergreater gratitude than "thank you"
- esker aunitzgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Bulgarian благодаря́ мно́го
- благодаря́ мно́го (blagodarjá mnógo)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Catalan moltes gràcies, moltes mercès
- moltes gràciesgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- moltes mercèsgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Chinese Cantonese 多謝嗮 /多谢嗮, 唔該嗮 /唔该嗮
- 多謝嗮 /多谢嗮 (do¹ ze⁶ saai³)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- 唔該嗮 /唔该嗮 (do¹ ze⁶ saai³)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Chinese Mandarin 非常感謝 /非常感谢, 多謝 /多谢
- 非常感謝 /非常感谢 (fēicháng gǎnxiè)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- 多謝 /多谢 (duōxiè)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Czech děkuji mnohokrát, děkuji mockrát
- děkuji mnohokrátgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- děkuji mockrátgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Danish mange tak, tusind tak
- mange takgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- tusind takgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Dutch dank u wel, heel hartelijk bedankt
- dank u welgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- heel hartelijk bedanktgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- dank je welgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- vriendelijk bedanktgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- hartelijk dankgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Esperanto multan dankon, dankegon
- multan dankongreater gratitude than "thank you"
- dankegongreater gratitude than "thank you"
Estonian tänan väga, suur tänu
- tänan vägagreater gratitude than "thank you"
- suur tänugreater gratitude than "thank you"
- suur aitähgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Finnish suurkiitos, suurkiitokset
- suurkiitosgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- suurkiitoksetgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- paljon kiitoksiagreater gratitude than "thank you"
- kiitos paljongreater gratitude than "thank you"
French merci beaucoup, merci mille fois
- merci beaucoupgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- merci mille foisgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- merci infinimentgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- merci biengreater gratitude than "thank you"
- mille mercisgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- grand mercigreater gratitude than "thank you"
German danke schön, danke sehr
- danke schöngreater gratitude than "thank you"
- danke sehrgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- danke vielmalsgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- innigsten Dankgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- schönen Dankgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- vielen Dankgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- tausend Dankgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Greek ευχαριστώ πολύ
- ευχαριστώ πολύ (efcharistó polý)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Hebrew תודה רבה
- תודה רבה (todá rabá)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Hindi बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद
- बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद (bahut bahut dhanyavād)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Hungarian köszönöm szépen, nagyon szépen köszönöm
- köszönöm szépengreater gratitude than "thank you"
- nagyon szépen köszönömgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Icelandic þakka þér fyrir, þakka þér kærlega fyrir
- þakka þér fyrirgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- þakka þér kærlega fyrirgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- takk fyrirgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- kærar þakkirgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Indonesian terimakasih banyak, terima kasih banyak
- terimakasih banyakgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- terima kasih banyakgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Irish go raibh míle maith agat
- go raibh míle maith agatgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Italian tante grazie, grazie mille
- tante graziegreater gratitude than "thank you"
- grazie millegreater gratitude than "thank you"
Japanese どうもありがとうございます, どうもありがとうございました
- どうもありがとうございます (dōmo arigatō gozaimasu)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- どうもありがとうございました (dōmo arigatō gozaimashita)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- どうもすみませんでした (dōmo sumimasen deshita)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Korean 감사드립니다
- 감사드립니다 (gamsadeurimnida)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Latin gratias maximas ago
- gratias maximas agogreater gratitude than "thank you"
Latvian liels paldies
- liels paldiesgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Lithuanian ačiū labai̇̃
- ačiū labai̇̃greater gratitude than "thank you"
Malay terima kasih banyak-banyak
- terima kasih banyak-banyakgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Norwegian Bokmål mange takk, tusen takk
- mange takkgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- tusen takkgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- hjertelig takkgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- takk så myegreater gratitude than "thank you"
Persian خیلی ممنون, خیلی متشکرم
- خیلی ممنون (xeyli mamnun)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- خیلی متشکرم (xeyli motešakeram)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- بسیار سپاسگزارم (besyâr sepâsgozâram)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Polish dziękuję bardzo
- dziękuję bardzogreater gratitude than "thank you"
Portuguese muito obrigado, muito obrigada
- muito obrigadogreater gratitude than "thank you"
- muito obrigadagreater gratitude than "thank you"
- obrigadíssimogreater gratitude than "thank you"
- muitíssimo obrigadogreater gratitude than "thank you"
Romanian mulțumesc mult, mulțumesc foarte mult!
- mulțumesc multgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- mulțumesc foarte mult!greater gratitude than "thank you"
- mulțumesc frumosgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Russian большо́е спаси́бо!, благодарю́!
- большо́е спаси́бо! (bolʹšóje spasíbo!)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- благодарю́! (blagodarjú!)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Slovak ďakujem veľmi pekne, díky moc
- ďakujem veľmi peknegreater gratitude than "thank you"
- díky mocgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Spanish muchas gracias, muchísimas gracias
- muchas graciasgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- muchísimas graciasgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Swahili asante sana, asante kabisa
- asante sanagreater gratitude than "thank you"
- asante kabisagreater gratitude than "thank you"
Swedish tack så mycket, tusen tack
- tack så mycketgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- tusen tackgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- tack snällagreater gratitude than "thank you"
Tagalog maraming salamat
- maraming salamatgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Tamil மிக்க நன்றி, ரொம்ப நன்றி
- மிக்க நன்றி (mikka naṉṟi)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- ரொம்ப நன்றி (rompa naṉṟi)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Thai ขอบคุณมาก
- ขอบคุณมาก (kɔ̂ɔp-kun-mâak)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Turkish çok teşekkürler, çok teşekkür ederim
- çok teşekkürlergreater gratitude than "thank you"
- çok teşekkür ederimgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Ukrainian щи́ро дя́кую, ду́же дя́кую
- щи́ро дя́кую (ščýro djákuju)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- ду́же дя́кую (dúže djákuju)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- вели́ка подя́ка (velýka podjáka)greater gratitude than "thank you"
Urdu بہت شکریہ
- بہت شکریہgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Vietnamese cám ơn nhiều, cảm ơn nhiều (ông, bà, cô, anh, chị, em, quí vị)
- cám ơn nhiềugreater gratitude than "thank you"
- cảm ơn nhiều (ông, bà, cô, anh, chị, em, quí vị)greater gratitude than "thank you"
- cám ơn rất nhiềugreater gratitude than "thank you"
Welsh diolch yn fawr, diolch yn fawr iawn
- diolch yn fawrgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- diolch yn fawr iawngreater gratitude than "thank you"
Yiddish אַ שיינעם דאַנק, אַ גרויסן דאַנק
- אַ שיינעם דאַנקgreater gratitude than "thank you"
- אַ גרויסן דאַנקgreater gratitude than "thank you"
Cite this entry
APA
thank you very much. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thank%20you%20very%20much
MLA
“thank you very much.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thank%20you%20very%20much. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thank you very much,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thank%20you%20very%20much.
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