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- Check "danke" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "danke" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
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Hi,
I am a little confused with the preposition usage of danken. We say danken + für –> Akk, but in an example we also say, Ich danke dir für deine Hilfe. Dir is obviously dativ, howcome danken für is called as akkusativ?
The Accusative is after “für”. It’s actually a bit odd, to mention it because “für” ALWAYS goes with Accusative.
The full structure is
I hope that helps.
What dictionary did you get this from, by the way?