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slank

See also: šlank

English

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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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 […]

Etymology 2

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Compare dialectal slonk (“depression, hollow, slough”), slunk (“slough, hollow; mud”).

Noun

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slank (plural slanks)

  1. (US and UK, dialectal) A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of a river, lake, or cove which is filled with water during freshet(s).
    • 1897, Ice and Refrigeration, page 269:
      […] The board of health had prohibited the sale of ice cut from the "slank," because water in the "slank" was said to be polluted. The ice dealers, however, contend that the city of Patterson has no right to pollute the river and thus hurt their business, […] stopping the sale of "slank" ice, […]
    • 1908, Atlantic Reporter, page 229:
      Van Zaun says that the fishing stopped 15 or 16 years before he testified - that would be about 1890. Mr. Shriner, one of the city's witnesses, says that he caught fish in one of the slanks in 1883 or 1885.
    • 1913, Municipal Journal, volume 35, page 506:
      Passaic, N. J. - The storm will cause great delay in filling in the slank. The dirt which the workmen have been throwing in was washed away into the river.

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Etymology

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From Dutch slank, from Middle Dutch slanc.

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slank (attributive slank, comparative slanker, superlative slankste)

  1. slender, slim

Dutch

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Etymology

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

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slank (comparative slanker, superlative slankst)

  1. slender, slim

Declension

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Declension 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 —

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  • Afrikaans: slank

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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slank

  1. slang

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German schlank.

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

  1. slender, slim

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German schlank.

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

  1. slender, slim

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From German schlank (“slim”).

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slank (comparative slankare, superlative slankast)

  1. slender
    Synonym: smärt

Declension

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Inflection of slank
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular slank slankare slankast
neuter singular slankt slankare slankast
plural slanka slankare slankast
masculine plural2 slanke slankare slankast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 slanke slankare slankaste
all slanka slankare slankaste

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.

Verb

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slank

  1. past indicative of slinka

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