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dankbar

grateful

Meaning of dankbar

Deutsch

voller Anerkennung für eine Hilfe oder ein Geschenk

中文

感到感谢的

grateful

Pronunciation

German
/ˈdaŋkbaːɐ̯/

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Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between dankbar, erkenntlich, verbunden, sich bedanken, Dankbarkeit empfinden, sich verpflichtet fühlen, anständig, and verbindlich

E
🇩🇪German
erkenntlich

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

A2rare word
V
🇩🇪German
verbunden

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

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.

A2rare word
S
🇩🇪German
sich verpflichtet fühlen

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

A2often
D
🇩🇪German
dankeschön sagen

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

A2very often

Advanced: broader words

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

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What does dankbar mean?

feeling thankful

How do you pronounce dankbar?

dankbar is pronounced [ˈdaŋkbaːɐ̯].

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