From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”).
kink (third-person singular simple present kinks, present participle kinking, simple past and past participle kinked)
kink (plural kinks)
From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.
kink (countable and uncountable, plural kinks)
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kink (third-person singular simple present kinks, present participle kinking, simple past and past participle kinked)
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From Middle Dutch *kinc.
kink f (plural kinken, diminutive kinkje n)
From Low German schenke.
kink (genitive kingi, partitive kinki)
Declension of kink (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kink | kingid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kingi | ||
genitive | kinkide | ||
partitive | kinki | kinke kinkisid | |
illative | kinki kingisse |
kinkidesse kingesse | |
inessive | kingis | kinkides kinges | |
elative | kingist | kinkidest kingest | |
allative | kingile | kinkidele kingele | |
adessive | kingil | kinkidel kingel | |
ablative | kingilt | kinkidelt kingelt | |
translative | kingiks | kinkideks kingeks | |
terminative | kingini | kinkideni | |
essive | kingina | kinkidena | |
abessive | kingita | kinkideta | |
comitative | kingiga | kinkidega |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate to dialectal Finnish kenkku.
kink (genitive kingu, partitive kinku)
Declension of kink (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kink | kingud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kingu | ||
genitive | kinkude | ||
partitive | kinku | kinke kinkusid | |
illative | kinku kingusse |
kinkudesse kingesse | |
inessive | kingus | kinkudes kinges | |
elative | kingust | kinkudest kingest | |
allative | kingule | kinkudele kingele | |
adessive | kingul | kinkudel kingel | |
ablative | kingult | kinkudelt kingelt | |
translative | kinguks | kinkudeks kingeks | |
terminative | kinguni | kinkudeni | |
essive | kinguna | kinkudena | |
abessive | kinguta | kinkudeta | |
comitative | kinguga | kinkudega |
From ki (“who”) + -nk (“our, of ours”, possessive suffix).
kink
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kink | — |
accusative | kinket | — |
dative | kinknek | — |
instrumental | kinkkel | — |
causal-final | kinkért | — |
translative | kinkké | — |
terminative | kinkig | — |
essive-formal | kinkként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kinkben | — |
superessive | kinken | — |
adessive | kinknél | — |
illative | kinkbe | — |
sublative | kinkre | — |
allative | kinkhez | — |
elative | kinkből | — |
delative | kinkről | — |
ablative | kinktől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kinké | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kinkéi | — |
A nasal form from Middle English kyken. Compare also robunkshough (“roebuck forest”).
kink (simple past kinket)