Tank

Tank

See also: tank and tänk

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Urdu ٹانکbor.
English Tank

    Borrowed from Urdu ٹانک.

    Proper noun

    Tank

    1. A city in Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
    2. A district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

    German

    Etymology

      Borrowed from English tank.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /taŋk/
      • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
      • Rhymes: -aŋk

      Noun

      Tank m (strong, genitive Tanks or (rare) Tankes, plural Tanks or (very rare) Tanke)

      1. tank (container for liquids or gases)
      2. (military, archaic) tank (armoured fighting vehicle)
        Synonyms: Panzer, Panzerkampfwagen
        • 1942, Bertolt Brecht, Kinderkreuzzug 1939:
          Einmal, nachts, sahen sie ein Feuer / Da gingen sie nicht hin. / Einmal rollten drei Tanks vorbei / Da waren Menschen drin.
          One night, they saw a fire / They didn't go there. / One time, three tanks rolled by / There were people inside.

      Declension

      Declension of Tank [masculine, strong]
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein der Tank die Tanks, Tanke1
      genitive eines des Tanks, Tankes1 der Tanks, Tanke1
      dative einem dem Tank, Tanke1,2 den Tanks, Tanken1
      accusative einen den Tank die Tanks, Tanke1

      1Rare.
      2Now rare, see notes.

      Hyponyms

      Further reading

      • “Tank” in Duden online
      • “Tank”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
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