sank

See also: sänk and šank

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæŋk/

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

Verb

sank

1. simple past tense of sink

See also

• sank work

Anagrams

• Kans., kans, naks

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

sank

1. first/third-person singular preterite of sinken

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Related to singen (“to sing”).
Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang (“singing”)), Old Norse sǫngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saŋk/

Noun

sank m (genitive sanges)

1. the act of singing
2. a chant
3. a song, especially one sung during work
4. the sound of a bell, bell ringing

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sank

1. simple past of synke
2. imperative of sanke

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish sank, related to sjunka (“to sink, intransitive, to go down”) and sänka (“to sink, transitive, to make something go down”).

Adjective

sank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast)

1. marshy

Declension

Inflection of sank
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sank	sankare	sankast
Neuter singular	sankt	sankare	sankast
Plural	sanka	sankare	sankast
Masculine plural3	sanke	sankare	sankast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	sanke	sankare	sankaste
All	sanka	sankare	sankaste
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

Related terms

• sankhet
• sankmark
• sankäng

References

• sank in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sank in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)