dank

Meanings

Adjective

• Dark, damp and humid.
• Highly potent.
• Great, awesome.

Noun

• Moisture; humidity; water.
• A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.

Verb

• To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.

Origin

• From Middle English danke, probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank ("marshy spot"), Icelandic dökk, Old Norse dǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz. 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").
• From Middle English danken, from the adjective (see above).