sank

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See also: sänk, šank, and sānk

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sæŋk/
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  • Rhymes: -æŋk

Verb

sank

  1. simple past of sink

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German

Pronunciation

Verb

sank

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of sinken

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Related to singen (“to sing”).
Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang (“singing”)), Old Norse sǫngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång.

Pronunciation

Noun

sank m (genitive sanges)

  1. the act of singing
  2. a chant
  3. a song, especially one sung during work
  4. the sound of a bell, bell ringing

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sank

  1. simple past of synke
  2. imperative of sanke

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sank, related to sjunka (“to sink, intransitive, to go down”) and sänka (“to sink, transitive, to make something go down”).

Adjective

sank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast)

  1. marshy
Declension
Inflection of sank
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sank sankare sankast
neuter singular sankt sankare sankast
plural sanka sankare sankast
masculine plural2 sanke sankare sankast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sanke sankare sankaste
all sanka sankare sankaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish "(i) sank," from Low German in sank.

Noun

sank

  1. the state (of a ship or the like) of no longer being able to float due to damage
    Fartyget sköts i sank av en ubåt
    The ship was sunk by a submarine (was shot and damaged so that it could no longer float, more literally, with sinking often implied)
  2. (figuratively) to be shot down, defeated, or the like
    Hans huvudargument sköts i sank
    His main argument was shot down
    Semesterplanerna sköts i sank av vulkanutbrottet
    The vacation plans were ruined by the volcanic eruption
Usage notes

Uninflected.

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