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In general, yes.
Danke is more along the lines of "thanks", and danke schön is more along the lines of a proper/more formal "thank you".
Yes. Normally i say Danke, but if the person was really really nice i say Dankeschön. Its a politeness
Everywhere I have read has bitte as meaning "your welcome" and when many years Back when I was stationed in Germany the common reponse to to danke was bitte.
You're welcome (not your welcome) is the common answer for thanks/thank you.
– Thank you
– You're welcome.
Yes we also say that. But its more polite to say (Sehr) gerne. It means you liked to do it. Bitte is a short form of Bitteschön
Mhh.. Partially yes. Bitte also means "to beg".
Bitte, bitte, gib mir ein Bier noch - please please, give me one beer yet
Or,
Bitte, seien Sie mal ruhig - please, be quiet.
If there are a third meaning I do not reminisce.
Well, the expression "Danke!" in German means the same as the expression "Thanks!" in English.
The individual word does not have exactly the same range of meanings (it's not even the same part of speech: the German is a verb form, the English a noun).
Tried translating with "thanks" and got me wrong. Is it really only "thank you"?
Tried translating with "thanks" and got me wrong. Is it really only "thank you"?
"Thanks!" is perfectly fine as a translation of danke!
For some unfathomable reason, it's not one of the accepted responses here at the moment.
Please report it as "my translation should be accepted" the next time you come across this exercise, and hopefully it will be added (back) eventually.
In my experience, that's usually because it's in the beginning of a sentence. Dank is a noun that means thanks ( as in the noun 'thanks'), so it's capitalised but danke is not capitalised in the middle of a sentence
I saw «Dank» is capitalized, but why not danke, because it's a verbal form?
https://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/uebersetzung/vielen+herzlichen+dank.html
http://www.thankyoudiva.com/thank-you-in-german.html
Danke schön
(literally: thank you kindly/nicely)
Danke sehr
(literally: thank you very)
Vielen Dank
(literally: many thanks)
Herzlichen Dank
(literally: heartfelt thanks)
Ich bedanke mich
(literally: I offer my thanks)
Besten Dank
(literally: Best of thanks)
But on the same page, they use «"Nein, danke".
So I don't understand the rule. Someone?
Does it mean thanks or thank you? Or is there. More form term than danke?
Does it mean thanks or thank you?
Yes - danke means either of those.
Or is there. More form term than danke?
Not really more formal, but Vielen Dank! and Danke sehr! are a bit more polite or show a higher degree of gratitude.
Well, if you want formal, there is Ich bin Ihnen zutiefst zu Dank verpflichtet! but that is something along the lines of "I'm extremely grateful".
The e is pronounced as well (as a shwa).
However, the phrase vielen Dank! does not have an -e.
Correct pronunciation of danke? I hear two different ways of pronouncing the "e" sound
How we're supposed to know danke means thanks if they didn't posted in tips !!!!
I know danke means thanks and dankeschön means thank you, yet i got a wrong tick when i gave my answer to this question.
