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dankbar

adj ·
Etymology

Dank + -bar. Cognate to Dutch dankbaar.

Translation

  1. grateful, thankful

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Christ lag in Todes Banden (BWV 4)

    Praise God and be thankful to him, and sing hallelujah, hallelujah! (literally, “God praise and to him thankful be, and sing hallelujah, hallelujah!”)

    Ich bin sicher, er war dir dafür dankbar.

    I'm sure he's grateful to you.