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What is the difference between danken and bedanken ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between danken and bedanken ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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14 Jan 2020
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The difference mainly lies in the way they're used and not so much in their meaning.
"bedanken" is generally used reflexive, while "danken" is simply used with Dativ:
Er bedankt sich bei seiner Schwester für die Hilfe.
Er dankt seiner Schwester für die Hilfe.
Since a refleive verb does not necessarily require an object, you can say
Er bedankt sich (proper, full sentence)
Er dankt (This phrase still requires an indirect object in order to be a full, correct sentence)
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The difference mainly lies in the way they're used and not so much in their meaning.
"bedanken" is generally used reflexive, while "danken" is simply used with Dativ:
Er bedankt sich bei seiner Schwester für die Hilfe.
Er dankt seiner Schwester für die Hilfe.
Since a refleive verb does not necessarily require an object, you can say
Er bedankt sich (proper, full sentence)
Er dankt (This phrase still requires an indirect object in order to be a full, correct sentence)
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