sank
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
sank
- Simple past of sink.
[edit] German
[edit] Verb
sank
[edit] Middle Low German
[edit] Etymology
From Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang (“singing”)), Old Norse sǫngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång. Related to singen (“to sing”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /zɒŋk/ (The pronunciation of the S at the beginning of word is not undoubtedly known.)
[edit] Noun
sank m. (Genitive sanges)
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- English simple past forms
- English irregular simple past forms
- German verb forms
- German verb first-person forms
- German verb singular forms
- German verb preterite forms
- German verb third-person forms
- Middle Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- Middle Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Low German nouns
