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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish siunkæ, from Old East Norse *sinkwa, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, cognate with Swedish sjunka, English sink, German sinken, Dutch zinken, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sønkə/,
Verb
synke (past tense sank, past participle sunket, c sunken, plural and definite singular sunkne)
- (intransitive) to sink, go down
- (intransitive) to decline, fall
- (transitive) to swallow
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish synke, from Old Danish siunkæ, from Old East Norse *sinkwa, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, cognate with Swedish sjunka, English sink, German sinken, Dutch zinken, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).
Verb
synke (imperative synk, present tense synker, simple past sank, past participle sunket, present participle synkende)
- to sink
- to decline, fall
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