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dank¹

  • /ˈdæŋk/
  • [ˈdæŋk]
  • /ˈdeɪ̯ŋk/ Canada, US
  • [ˈdeɪ̯ŋk] Canada, US
  • /ˈdɛ̃ŋk/ Canada, US
  • [ˈdɛ̃ŋk] Canada, US

Sounds like thank (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -æŋk

Where it comes from

From Middle English danke (“wet, damp; dampness, moisture”), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”), Icelandic dökk (“pool”), Old Norse dǫkk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). However, some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“smoke, steam, vapor”).

Modern slang senses derived from the drug sense; compare based (“awesome, especially in a right-wing context online”) from drug terminology freebased.

adjective danker · dankest

  1. Dark, damp and humid. The dank cave was chilly and spooky.
  2. figuratively, of marijuana Moist and sticky, (by extension) highly potent. That was dank bud.
  3. Internet, ironic, often Great, awesome.
  4. Expounding right-wing views in a cool way; based. His house organ Breitbart and a host of Trump-right websites and news outlets sang praises to his dank genius.

noun

  1. uncountable Moisture; humidity; water. The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]
  2. uncountable Dankness; a dark, moist and usually unpleasant atmosphere. You ain't thinking of getting rid of the dank, are you, Moe?
  3. slang, uncountable Strong, high-quality cannabis. I got more growin' pains than Maggie / 'Cause homies nag me to take the dank out of the baggie

dank²

  • /ˈdæŋk/
  • [ˈdæŋk]
  • /ˈdeɪ̯ŋk/ Canada, US
  • [ˈdeɪ̯ŋk] Canada, US
  • /ˈdɛ̃ŋk/ Canada, US
  • [ˈdɛ̃ŋk] Canada, US

Sounds like thank (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -æŋk

Where it comes from

From Middle English danken, from the adjective (see above).

verb danks · danking · danked

  1. intransitive, obsolete To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.

dank³

  • /ˈdæŋk/
  • [ˈdæŋk]
  • /ˈdeɪ̯ŋk/ Canada, US
  • [ˈdeɪ̯ŋk] Canada, US
  • /ˈdɛ̃ŋk/ Canada, US
  • [ˈdɛ̃ŋk] Canada, US

Sounds like thank (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -æŋk

noun danks · danek

  1. historical A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wet, clammy, damp, swamp, donk, drooked, adusk, dubby, dusk, dreich, waste, drouthy, dunny, driegh, dahk, drear

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adj dark, damp and humid

Españolhúmedo
한국어축축한 chukchukhan
Deutschfeucht, nasskalt, dampfig
Русскийпромо́зглый promózglyj

adj highly potent

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@misc{dank_2026,
  title = {dank},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dank},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}