The word "dankes" is a common greeting used in German that means "thank you". Its phonetic transcription in IPA is /ˈdaŋkəs/. In German, the letter "e" at the end of a word is pronounced as a schwa sound (uh), similar to the "a" in "sofa". Thus, the "e" in "dankes" follows the same rule, resulting in a sound that is closer to "dankuhss". It's important to note that "dankes" is a shortened form of "danke schön", which means "thank you very much".