pank

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English

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Etymology

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Likely a modification of punk.

Noun

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pank (plural panks)

  1. (slang, derogatory, rare) An irritating or stupid person.
    • 1981, Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh (lyrics and music), “Through Being Cool”, in New Traditionalists, performed by DEVO:
      We're through being cool
      We're through being cool
      Spank the pank who try to drive you nuts
    • 1994 November 30, El Matador, “new user”, in k12.chat.senior[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:
      > my name is vaughan mcdonald and i am in the tenth grade. this is my first time on senior chat and would like for someone to write back to me.
      >
      >

      Get out of this Newsgrp you pank. Can't you read is senior chat
      had to be a sophomore.
    • 1998 August 13, Grigori Khaskin, “Arutz 7 again”, in israel.lists.il-board[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:
      What a pank!
    • 2001 September 6, Gary, “low level format”, in alt.certification.network-plus[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:
      What a PANK. Think you could use a little bit more vulgar language for you personal attack here? Thanks, that's real helpful for the Net+ exam......dolt.
    • 2004 October 12, Jim Brown, “And you thought quayle was dum”, in rec.sport.football.college[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:
      Boy, you really nailed it there, you panks.

Estonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Bank, itself borrowed from Italian banco.

Noun

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pank (genitive panga, partitive panka)

  1. bank (financial institution)

Declension

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Declension of pank (ÕS type 22u/leib, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative pank pangad
accusative nom.
gen. panga
genitive pankade
partitive panka panku
pankasid
illative panka
pangasse
pankadesse
pangusse
inessive pangas pankades
pangus
elative pangast pankadest
pangust
allative pangale pankadele
pangule
adessive pangal pankadel
pangul
ablative pangalt pankadelt
pangult
translative pangaks pankadeks
panguks
terminative pangani pankadeni
essive pangana pankadena
abessive pangata pankadeta
comitative pangaga pankadega

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From English punk.

Noun

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pank m (Cyrillic spelling панк)

  1. punk (music of the punk movement)

Swedish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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pank

  1. broke (lacking money; bankrupt)
    • 1883, Ernst Wallmark, Swedish translation of Friedrich Zell's libretto to Karl Millöcker's operetta Der Bettelstudent (1882)
      Nu är jag pank och fågelfri
      Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei

Declension

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Inflection of pank
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular pank
Neuter singular pankt
Plural panka
Masculine plural3 panke
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 panke
All panka
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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