sinken
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German sinkan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”). Compare Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, English sink, Danish synke, Swedish sjunka.
Pronunciation
Verb
- (intransitive) to sink; to submerge; to set; to fall from the sky
- Die Sonne ist gesunken.
- The sun has set.
- (intransitive, figuratively, of prices, temperature, quantities, rates, etc.) to fall; to drop; to decline
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sinken” in Duden online
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *sincan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
Verb
sinken
- (intransitive) to sink (in water)
- (intransitive) to drop, to go down
- (intransitive) to collapse
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sinken | |
| 3rd sg. past | sanc | |
| 3rd pl. past | sonken | |
| Past participle | sonk | |
| Infinitive | sinken | |
| In genitive | sinkens | |
| In dative | sinkene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | sinke | sanc |
| 2nd singular | sincs, sinkes | soncs, sonkes |
| 3rd singular | sinct, sinket | sanc |
| 1st plural | sinken | sonken |
| 2nd plural | sinct, sinket | sonct, sonket |
| 3rd plural | sinken | sonken |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | sinke | sonke |
| 2nd singular | sincs, sinkes | sonkes |
| 3rd singular | sinke | sonke |
| 1st plural | sinken | sonken |
| 2nd plural | sinct, sinket | sonket |
| 3rd plural | sinken | sonken |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | sinc, sinke | |
| Plural | sinct, sinket | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | sinkende | sonk |
Descendants
Further reading
- “sinken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sinken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
sinken m or n
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
sinken m or n
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