synke

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Danish

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Etymology

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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

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IPA(key): /sønkə/, [ˈsøŋɡ̊ə]

Verb

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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

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

  1. to sink
  2. to decline, fall

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