slank

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See also: šlank

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slæŋk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æŋk

Verb

slank

  1. (rare) simple past and past participle of slink
    • a. 1913 (published 1934), Frederick William Rolfe, The desire and pursuit of the whole
      So, when priests slank up to him, he civilly warned them off: if they merited kindness and persisted, he gave them double

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch slank, from Middle Dutch slanc.

Pronunciation

Adjective

slank (attributive slank, comparative slanker, superlative slankste)

  1. slender, slim

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slanc, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to crawl, creep”). Compare German schlank.

Pronunciation

Adjective

slank (comparative slanker, superlative slankst)

  1. slender, slim

Inflection

Inflection of slank
uninflected slank
inflected slanke
comparative slanker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial slank slanker het slankst
het slankste
indefinite m./f. sing. slanke slankere slankste
n. sing. slank slanker slankste
plural slanke slankere slankste
definite slanke slankere slankste
partitive slanks slankers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: slank

Indonesian

Etymology

Modified from English spelling "slang", except "ng" is a single letter and nasal

Pronunciation

Noun

slank

  1. slang

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German schlank.

Adjective

slank (neuter singular slankt, definite singular and plural slanke, comparative slankere, indefinite superlative slankest, definite superlative slankeste)

  1. slender, slim

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German schlank.

Adjective

slank (neuter singular slankt, definite singular and plural slanke, comparative slankare, indefinite plural slankast, definite plural slankaste)

  1. slender, slim

References

Swedish

Etymology

From German schlank (“slim”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

slank (comparative slankare, superlative slankast)

  1. slender
    Synonym: smärt

Declension

Inflection of slank
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular slank slankare slankast
Neuter singular slankt slankare slankast
Plural slanka slankare slankast
Masculine plural3 slanke slankare slankast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 slanke slankare slankaste
All slanka slankare slankaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Verb

slank

  1. past indicative of slinka

References

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