synke

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/, [ˈsøŋɡ̊ə]

Verb

synke (past tense sank, past participle sunket, c sunken, plural and definite singular sunkne)

1. (intransitive) to sink, go down
2. (intransitive) to decline, fall
3. (transitive) to swallow

Conjugation

Inflection of synke

	present	past
simple	synker	sank
perfect	har or er sunket	havde or var sunket
passive	synkes	—
participle	synkende	sunket
imperative	synk	—
infinitive	synke	—
auxiliary verb	have or være	—
gerund	synken	—

Derived terms

• nedsunken

References

• “synke” in Den Danske Ordbog

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)

1. to sink
2. to decline, fall

Derived terms

• sammensunket

References

• “synke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.