sank
English edit
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sank
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German edit
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sank
Middle Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Related to singen (“to sing”).
Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang (“singing”)), Old Norse sǫngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sank m (genitive sanges)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
sank
- simple past of synke
- imperative of sanke
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish sank, related to sjunka (“to sink, intransitive, to go down”) and sänka (“to sink, transitive, to make something go down”).
Adjective edit
sank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast)
Declension edit
Inflection of sank | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sank | sankare | sankast |
Neuter singular | sankt | sankare | sankast |
Plural | sanka | sankare | sankast |
Masculine plural3 | sanke | sankare | sankast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sanke | sankare | sankaste |
All | sanka | sankare | sankaste |
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 |
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish "(i) sank," from Low German in sank.
Noun edit
sank
- the state (of a ship or the like) of no longer being able to float due to damage
- Fartyget sköts i sank av en ubåt
- The ship was sunk by a submarine (was shot and damaged so that it could no longer float, more literally, with sinking often implied)
- (figuratively) to be shot down, defeated, or the like
- Hans huvudargument sköts i sank
- His main argument was shot down
- Semesterplanerna sköts i sank av vulkanutbrottet
- The vacation plans were ruined by the volcanic eruption
Usage notes edit
Uninflected.