slinken

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch slinken, from Old Dutch *slinkan, from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

slinken

  1. to shrink, to lessen

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of slinken (strong class 3)
infinitive slinken
past singular slonk
past participle geslonken
infinitive slinken
gerund slinken n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular slink slonk
2nd person sing. (jij) slinkt slonk
2nd person sing. (u) slinkt slonk
2nd person sing. (gij) slinkt slonkt
3rd person singular slinkt slonk
plural slinken slonken
subjunctive sing.1 slinke slonke
subjunctive plur.1 slinken slonken
imperative sing. slink
imperative plur.1 slinkt
participles slinkend geslonken
1) Archaic.

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *slinkan, from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną.

Verb[edit]

slinken

  1. to cave, to collapse inwards (especially of the body)

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “slinken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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