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en tanke

thought/²taŋːkɛ/

Meaning

thought

In Swedish: det som uppkommer när man tänker, föreställning

Forms

Forms of tanke
Singular, indefiniteen tanke
Singular, definitetanken
Plural, indefinitetankar
Plural, definitetankarna

tanke is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor tanke, den stora tanken. Check another noun

Practise tanke

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Is it en tanke or ett tanke?

tanke in a sentence

  • boken leder tankarna till Strindberg
    the book reminds one of Strindberg
  • du är alltid i mina tankar
    you are always in my thoughts
  • Tänk glada tankar!
    Think happy thoughts!
  • ha en tanke i huvudet
    have a thought in one's head
  • ägna en tanke åt någon
    spare a thought for someone
  • Jag har aldrig ens tänkt tanken att ge upp
    I've never even thought of giving up
  • Hon hade aldrig haft en tanke på att bli bagare innan hon praoade på ett bageri
    She had never even thought of [never had a thought of] becoming a baker until she interned / did work experience [see prao] at a bakery
  • Med tanke på att monstren snart är här så borde vi gömma oss
    Given that the monsters will soon be here, we should hide

Expressions

  • med tanke på
    get sby to think twice

Words built with tanke

  • tankeförmåga powers of reasoning
  • grundtanke basic idea

Questions

What does tanke mean in English?

tanke means “thought”.

Is it en tanke or ett tanke?

It is en tanke, and “the thought” is tanken.

What is the plural of tanke?

The plural of tanke is tankar, and the definite plural is tankarna.

Similar words

fundering

Origin

From Old Swedish þanke, borrowed from Middle Low German danke, from Old Saxon thanc, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz, with the initial consonant of the related verb Swedish tänka (“think”).

Nearby common words

tanke is number 824 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary