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8 ways to express Thank you in German!

Find here even more german language lessons to refine you german language skills. Do you know how to say Thank you in German? Start here your free lesson!

1. Danke is thank you in German.

2. Vielen Dank which is thank you very much in German.

3. Tausend Dank! A thousand thanks!

4. Herzlichen Dank literally means my heartfelt thanks

5. Haben Sie vielen Dank! Many thanks!

6. Recht sch�nen Dank! Many thanks!

7. Ich danke Dir/Ihnen! I thank you!

8. Ich bin (Dir/Ihnen) sehr dankbar f�r

I'm very grateful (to you) for...

By the way, if you don't want to learn them all then you should know at least to say "Danke" � you will never go wrong.

Usual replys to Danke

The usual reply to the 8 german thank you options is:

Bitte - You're welcome! (in response to "Danke!) or Bittesch�n

or Gern geschehen! or Nichts zu danken!

Nicht der Rede Wert or Keine Ursache

these are all expressions in the sense of Don't mention it! You're welcome!

Some other handy German phrases with "Dank" in them

Ich bedanke mich! I thank you!

Dank an - means 'thanks to'

Danke im voraus means thank you in advance...

Danke nochmals which means 'thank you again'

Jemanden f�r etwas danken means to give thanks to somebody for something.

zu danken means to thank.

das Dankschreiben thank-you letter/note

Ein herzliches Dankesch�n! Our/my heartfelt thanks!

Special Tip:

If you respond "Danke!" to an offer, some german will it understand as "no thanks." To express "thanks, yes" prefer "Bitte!"

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