Meanings
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- Used to express appreciation or gratitude.
Would you like some potatoes? — Thanks. —How many?
2 more examples
Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks. —Have you got enough now? —Yes, thanks.
Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]Synonyms: beauty, cheers, chur, gracias, gramercy, h/t, hat tip, many thanks
obsolete singular thank · alternative nonstandard t'anks · alternative nonstandard thanx · alternative nonstandard thx · alternative nonstandard tnx · alternative nonstandard 10x · alternative nonstandard fanks
- pluralplural normallyAn expression of appreciation or gratitude.
After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is the thanks I get?
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionUsed to express appreciation or gratitude.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*teng-“to think, feel”
- Proto-Germanic*þankōs
- Old Englishþancas“thanks”
- Middle Englishthanks
- Englishthanks
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.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans dankie
- dankieused to express appreciation or gratitude
Ancient Greek εὐχαριστῶ, εὐχαρστία
- εὐχαριστῶ (eukharistô)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- εὐχαρστία (eukharstía)grateful feelings
Arabic شُكْرًا
- شُكْرًا (šukran)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Basque eskerrik asko, mila esker
- eskerrik askoused to express appreciation or gratitude
- mila eskerused to express appreciation or gratitude
- esker aunitzused to express appreciation or gratitude
Bengali ধন্যবাদ, শুকরিয়া
- ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- শুকরিয়া (śukriẏa)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)expression of gratitude
- শুকরিয়া (śukriẏa)expression of gratitude
Bulgarian благодаря́, мерси́
- благодаря́ (blagodarjá)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- мерси́ (mersí)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- призна́телност (priznátelnost)expression of gratitude
- благода́рност (blagodárnost)expression of gratitude
- призна́телност (priznátelnost)grateful feelings
- благода́рност (blagodárnost)grateful feelings
Catalan gràcies, mercès
- gràciesused to express appreciation or gratitude
- mercèsused to express appreciation or gratitude
- mercèexpression of gratitude
- mercèsexpression of gratitude
- gràciesexpression of gratitude
Chinese Cantonese 多謝 /多谢, 唔該 /唔该
- 多謝 /多谢 (do¹ ze⁶)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- 唔該 /唔该 (m⁴ goi¹)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Chinese Mandarin 謝謝 /谢谢, 多謝 /多谢
- 謝謝 /谢谢 (xièxie)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- 多謝 /多谢 (duōxiè)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- 三Q (sānkiù)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Czech díky, díky
- díkyused to express appreciation or gratitude
- díkyexpression of gratitude
Danish tak, tak
- takused to express appreciation or gratitude
- takexpression of gratitude
Dutch bedankt, dank je
- bedanktused to express appreciation or gratitude
- dank jeused to express appreciation or gratitude
- dank uused to express appreciation or gratitude
- thanksused to express appreciation or gratitude
- merciused to express appreciation or gratitude
- bedanktexpression of gratitude
- dankgrateful feelings
Esperanto dankon, danko
- dankonused to express appreciation or gratitude
- dankoexpression of gratitude
Estonian tänan, aitäh
- tänanused to express appreciation or gratitude
- aitähused to express appreciation or gratitude
Finnish kiitos, kiitti
- kiitosused to express appreciation or gratitude
- kiittiused to express appreciation or gratitude
- kiitosexpression of gratitude
- kiitoksetexpression of gratitude
- kiitoksetgrateful feelings
French merci, remerciements
- merciused to express appreciation or gratitude
- remerciementsexpression of gratitude
- remerciementgrateful feelings
German danke, Dank
- dankeused to express appreciation or gratitude
- Dankexpression of gratitude
- Danksagungexpression of gratitude
- Dankgrateful feelings
Greek ευχαριστώ, ευχαριστώ
- ευχαριστώ (efcharistó)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- ευχαριστώ (efcharistó)expression of gratitude
- ευχαριστία (efcharistía)grateful feelings
- ευγνωμοσύνη (evgnomosýni)grateful feelings
Hebrew תּוֹדָה, חֵן חֵן
- תּוֹדָה (todá)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- חֵן חֵן (khén khén)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- תּוֹדָה (todá)expression of gratitude
Hindi धन्यवाद, शुक्रिया
- धन्यवाद (dhanyavād)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- शुक्रिया (śukriyā)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- थैंक्स (tha͠iks)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- थैंक्यू (tha͠ikyū)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- धन्यवाद (dhanyavād)expression of gratitude
- कृतज्ञता (kŕtajñatā)grateful feelings
Hungarian köszönöm, köszi
- köszönömused to express appreciation or gratitude
- kösziused to express appreciation or gratitude
- köszönetexpression of gratitude
- hálagrateful feelings
Icelandic takk, takk fyrir
- takkused to express appreciation or gratitude
- takk fyrirused to express appreciation or gratitude
- þakka þérused to express appreciation or gratitude
- þökkexpression of gratitude
- þakkargerðexpression of gratitude
- þakkargjörðexpression of gratitude
Indonesian terima kasih
- terima kasihused to express appreciation or gratitude
Irish go raibh maith agat, go raibh maith agaibh
- go raibh maith agatused to express appreciation or gratitude
- go raibh maith agaibhused to express appreciation or gratitude
Italian grazie, ringraziamento
- grazieused to express appreciation or gratitude
- ringraziamentograteful feelings
Japanese ありがとう, どうも
- ありがとう (arigatō)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- どうも (dōmo)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- ありがとうございます (arigatō gozaimasu)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- 謝辞 (shaji)expression of gratitude
Korean 고마워, 고맙다
- 고마워 (gomawo)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- 고맙다 (gomapda)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- 고마워요 (gomawoyo)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- 고맙습니다 (gomapseumnida)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Latin gratias, gratias ago
- gratiasused to express appreciation or gratitude
- gratias agoused to express appreciation or gratitude
Latvian paldies
- paldiesused to express appreciation or gratitude
Lithuanian ačiū, dėkui
- ačiūused to express appreciation or gratitude
- dėkuiused to express appreciation or gratitude
Malay terima kasih
- terima kasihused to express appreciation or gratitude
Norwegian takk
- takkused to express appreciation or gratitude
Persian ممنون, سپاس
- ممنون (mamnun)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- سپاس (sepâs)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- مرسی (mersi)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- تشکر (tašakkor)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Polish dziękuję, dzięki
- dziękujęused to express appreciation or gratitude
- dziękiused to express appreciation or gratitude
- podziękaexpression of gratitude
- podziękowanieexpression of gratitude
Portuguese obrigado, obrigada
- obrigadoused to express appreciation or gratitude
- obrigadaused to express appreciation or gratitude
- valeuused to express appreciation or gratitude
- agradecimentosexpression of gratitude
- gratidãograteful feelings
- agradecimentograteful feelings
Romanian mulțumesc, mersi
- mulțumescused to express appreciation or gratitude
- mersiused to express appreciation or gratitude
- mulțumiriexpression of gratitude
Russian спаси́бо, благодарю́
- спаси́бо (spasíbo)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- благодарю́ (blagodarjú)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- благода́рность (blagodárnostʹ)expression of gratitude
- благода́рность (blagodárnostʹ)grateful feelings
Scottish Gaelic taing, taing
- taingused to express appreciation or gratitude
- taingexpression of gratitude
Slovak vďaka, ďakujem
- vďakaused to express appreciation or gratitude
- ďakujemused to express appreciation or gratitude
Spanish gracias, gracias
- graciasused to express appreciation or gratitude
- graciasexpression of gratitude
- agradecimientograteful feelings
Swahili asante, nashukuru
- asanteused to express appreciation or gratitude
- nashukuruused to express appreciation or gratitude
Swedish tack, tackar
- tackused to express appreciation or gratitude
- tackarused to express appreciation or gratitude
- tackexpression of gratitude
- tackgrateful feelings
Tagalog salamat, salamat
- salamatused to express appreciation or gratitude
- salamatexpression of gratitude
- pagsasalamatexpression of gratitude
Tamil நன்றி, நன்றி
- நன்றி (naṉṟi)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- நன்றி (naṉṟi)expression of gratitude
- நன்றிகள் (naṉṟikaḷ)grateful feelings
Thai ขอบคุณ
- ขอบคุณ (kɔ̀ɔp-kun)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Turkish sağ ol, teşekkürler
- sağ olused to express appreciation or gratitude
- teşekkürlerused to express appreciation or gratitude
- teşekkür ederimused to express appreciation or gratitude
Ukrainian дя́кую, спаси́бі
- дя́кую (djákuju)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- спаси́бі (spasýbi)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- подя́ка (podjáka)expression of gratitude
Urdu شُکْرِیَہ, نَوَازِش
- شُکْرِیَہ (śukriya)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- نَوَازِش (navāziś)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- مِہَرْبانی (meharbānī)used to express appreciation or gratitude
- دھنیہ واد (dhanya-vād)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Vietnamese cám ơn
- cám ơnused to express appreciation or gratitude
Welsh diolch
- diolchused to express appreciation or gratitude
Yiddish דאַנק
- דאַנק (dank)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Zulu ngiyabonga
- ngiyabongaused to express appreciation or gratitude
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thanks
All rhymes →Cite this entry
thanks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks
“thanks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thanks,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks.
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