Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle English danke (“wet, damp; dampness, moisture”), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”), Icelandic dökk (“pool”), Old Norse dǫkk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). However, some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“smoke, steam, vapor”)[1][2][3].

Adjective Edit

dank (comparative danker, superlative dankest)

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Noun Edit

dank (plural danks)

Moisture; humidity; water. 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VII, verse 441: "Yet oft they quit | The dank, and rising on siff pennons, tow'r | the mid aerial sky"

Etymology 2 Edit

From Middle English danken, from the adjective (see above).

Verb Edit

dank (third-person singular simple present danks, present participle danking, simple past and past participle danked)

( obsolete , intransitive ) To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.

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Noun Edit

dank (plural danks)

A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.