synke

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish siunkæ, from Old East Norse *sinkwa, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, cognate with Swedish sjunka, English sink, German sinken, Dutch zinken, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /sønkə/, [ˈsøŋɡ̊ə]

Verb

synke (past tense sank, past participle sunket, c sunken, plural and definite singular sunkne)

  1. (intransitive) to sink, go down
  2. (intransitive) to decline, fall
  3. (transitive) to swallow

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • nedsunken

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish synke, from Old Danish siunkæ, from Old East Norse *sinkwa, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, cognate with Swedish sjunka, English sink, German sinken, Dutch zinken, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).

Verb

synke (imperative synk, present tense synker, simple past sank, past participle sunket, present participle synkende)

  1. to sink
  2. to decline, fall

Derived terms

References

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