Senke

See also: senke

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German senke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛŋkə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Senke f (genitive Senke, plural Senken)

1. (geography) well, depression, basin, valley

   die Norddeutsche Senke ― the North German Basin

2. (mathematics, physics) sink
3. (graph theory) sink (node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it)
4. (electronics) drain (terminal of a field effect transistor)

Declension

Declension of Senke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Senke	die	Senken
genitive	einer	der	Senke	der	Senken
dative	einer	der	Senke	den	Senken
accusative	eine	die	Senke	die	Senken

Related terms

• sinken

Further reading

• “Senke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache