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dankbar

grateful

Meaning of dankbar

feeling thankful

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German/ˈdaŋkbaːɐ̯/
Russian transcription[bləgɐˈdarnɨj]
grateful
dankbar - grateful
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dankbar with Russian translation

dankbar usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇩🇪German

Я тебе очень благодарен.

Ich bin dir sehr dankbar.

🇷🇺Russian🇩🇪German

Мы благодарны тебе за помощь.

Wir sind für deine Hilfe dankbar.

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dankbar belongs to the topic "Top 2500". Start with a short 7-word set so the word is easier to remember in context.

dankbarблагодарный
gehacktрубленый
gekochtприготовленный
gefrostetзамороженный
ungekochtсырой
salzigсолёный
in Scheiben geschnittenнарезанный ломтиками

dankbar synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between dankbar / erkenntlich / verbunden / anständig / verbindlich / sich bedanken

E
🇩🇪German
erkenntlich

Somewhat literary or old-fashioned: ‘grateful, appreciative’, often about a feeling of gratitude.

A2Rarely
V
🇩🇪German
verbunden

Means more ‘attached, indebted, connected’ — gratitude as a feeling of bond or obligation.

A2Often
A
🇩🇪German
anständig

Means ‘decent, proper, respectable’; only indirectly related to gratitude through polite, appropriate behavior.

A2Often
V
🇩🇪German
verbindlich

Means ‘binding, committed, courteous and businesslike’; with gratitude it points more to polite, formal manners than the feeling itself.

A2Often
S
🇩🇪German
sich bedanken

Directly means ‘to thank, to express thanks’; it is an action, not a feeling.

A2Very Often
D
🇩🇪German
Dankbarkeit empfinden

Literally ‘to feel gratitude’; somewhat literary or emotional, emphasizing the inner feeling.

A2Rarely
F
🇩🇪German
für etwas dankbar sein

The most natural and common way: ‘to be grateful for something.’

A2Very Often
S
🇩🇪German
sich verpflichtet fühlen

Means ‘to feel obliged’; gratitude is mixed with a sense of duty or moral obligation.

A2Often
E
🇩🇪German
erkenntlich sein

A literary expression meaning ‘to be grateful’; used rarely and sounds formal.

A2Rarely
V
🇩🇪German
verbunden sein

Means ‘to be connected/attached’; conveys gratitude as closeness or emotional bond.

A2Often
H
🇩🇪German
höflich und dankbar

A descriptive phrase: ‘polite and grateful’; it emphasizes behavior rather than a single word.

A2Often
D
🇩🇪German
dankeschön sagen

Colloquial ‘to say thank you’; a very common and simple way to express gratitude.

A2Very Often

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dankbar means grateful. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce dankbar

/ˈdaŋkbaːɐ̯/

dankbar translation

grateful

dankbar examples

Ich bin dir sehr dankbar.

dankbar transcription

/ˈdaŋkbaːɐ̯/

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dankbar meaning: what does it mean?

sich dankbar fühlend

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dankbar is pronounced as /ˈdaŋkbaːɐ̯/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

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Ich bin dir sehr dankbar. Translation: Я тебе очень благодарен.

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