funke

Danish

Etymology

From Swedish funka, similar slang which is a shortening of funktionera (“to function, to work”). The surface etymology of funke is a shortening of fungere, which is suggested by the alternative form funge.

Verb

funke (imperative funk, infinitive at funke, present tense funker, past tense funkede, perfect tense har funket)

1. (slang) to work well; to work out
   • 1993, Kosmorama

     Den funker bare i kraft af sin fuldkomment gennemsigtige opdeling af rummet.

     It just works really well through its completely transparent division of the room.

   • 2012, Lars Kjædegaard, Den røde labyrint: En Hvid & Belling-krimi, Rosinante & Co →ISBN

     Vi prøvede. Men hun ... det funkede ikke.

     We tried. But she ... it didn't work out.

Conjugation

Inflection of funke

	present	past
simple	funker	funkede
perfect	har funket	havde funket
passive	funkes	funkedes
participle	funkende	funket
imperative	funk	—
infinitive	funke	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	funken	—

Alternative forms

• funge

Synonyms

• fungere

References

• “funke,2” in Den Danske Ordbog