sænke

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sænckæ, from Old Norse *sænkja (east) / søkkva (west), from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną, cognate with German senken. Causative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”) (cf. Danish synke (“to sink”)).

Pronunciation

Verb

sænke (imperative sænk, infinitive at sænke, present tense sænker, past tense sænkede, perfect tense har sænket)

  1. (transitive) to lower, to reduce
  2. (transitive) to sink (a ship)
  3. (reflexive) to fall, descend

Conjugation

Inflection of sænke
present past
simple sænker sænkede
perfect har sænket havde sænket
passive sænkes sænkedes
participle sænkende sænket
imperative sænk —
infinitive sænke —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund sænken —

Derived terms

References

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