sänka

See also: sanka, Sanka, and sánka

Swedish edit

sänka (present sänker, preterite sänkte, supine sänkt, imperative sänk)

(transitive) to lower; move downwards
Den vänstra tavlan bör sänkas lite så den kommer i jämnhöjd med de andra.
The left picture should be lowered somewhat so that it is even with the other.
(transitive) to sink (a boat or the like)
Båten sänktes av en torped
The boat was sunk by a torpedo
(transitive, with ner (“down”)) to immerse (in liquid)
Arkimedes gillade att sänka ner grejer i vätska
Archimedes liked to immerse things in liquid
to set (to punch a nail into wood)
(transitive) to reduce in intensity; turn down
Sänk ljudet på tv:n!
Turn down the sound of the TV!
(transitive, sports) to make the ball pass through or down into a score-winning hole (as in basketball or golf)
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) pocket
(slang) to down; to drink (especially beer or liquor)
att sänka en kall bira
to down a cold beer

Conjugation of sänka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sänka		sänkas
Supine	sänkt		sänkts
Imperative	sänk		—
Imper. plural¹	sänken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sänker	sänkte	sänks, sänkes	sänktes
Ind. plural¹	sänka	sänkte	sänkas	sänktes
Subjunctive²	sänke	sänkte	sänkes	sänktes
	Participles
Present participle	sänkande
Past participle	sänkt
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

sänka c

depression; area of ground which is lower than the surroundings; a long but shallow valley
(mathematics) sink; a point where the divergence of a vector field is negative
(colloquial, medicine) ESR; erythrocyte sedimentation rate