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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish sænkia, from Old Norse sænkva, (Old West Norse søkkva) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
sänka (present sänker, preterite sänkte, supine sänkt, imperative sänk)
- (transitive) to lower; move downwards
Den vänstra tavlan bör sänkas lite så den kommer i jämnhöjd med de andra.- The left picture should be lowered somewhat so that it is even with the other.
- (transitive) to sink (a boat or the like)
Båten sänktes av en torped- The boat was sunk by a torpedo
- (transitive, with ner (“down”)) to immerse (in liquid)
Arkimedes gillade att sänka ner grejer i vätska- Archimedes liked to immerse things in liquid
- to set (to punch a nail into wood)
- (transitive) to reduce in intensity; turn down
Sänk ljudet på tv:n!- Turn down the sound of the TV!
- (transitive, sports) to make the ball pass through or down into a score-winning hole (as in basketball or golf)
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) pocket
- (slang) to down; to drink (especially beer or liquor)
att sänka en kall bira- to down a cold beer
Conjugation
Conjugation of sänka (weak)
Related terms
Noun
sänka c
- depression; area of ground which is lower than the surroundings; a long but shallow valley
- (mathematics) sink; a point where the divergence of a vector field is negative
- (colloquial, medicine) ESR; erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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