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# it has an umlaut I think
you could just say Danke or vielen dank
(, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 16:30, archived)
# veilen dank
is dutch
(, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 16:32, archived)
# it works in germany
and google translate as well

vielen dank
'thank you'
(, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 16:35, archived)
# no,
it's not.
(, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 16:36, archived)
# I'm sure I've heard it used
in germany, but it may well be a regional variant...
(, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 16:38, archived)
#
vielen is German for many.
(, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 16:41, archived)
# yeah but a literal translation doesn't always make sense
I got funny looks for "nein danke" - I was literally translating "no thanks" but as a phrase it didn't make sense to the people I was talking to...
(, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 16:46, archived)
# that may be...
...but it's German as well.
(, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 16:40, archived)