German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sinken, from Old High German sinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan. Compare Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, English sink, Danish synke, Swedish sjunka.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪŋkən/, [ˈzɪŋkŋ̍]
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  • Hyphenation: sin‧ken

Verb edit

sinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular present sinkt, past tense sank, past participle gesunken, past subjunctive sänke, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to sink; to submerge; to set; to fall from the sky
    Die Sonne ist gesunken.
    The sun has set.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, of prices, temperature, quantities, rates, etc.) to fall; to drop; to decline

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • sinken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sinken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sinken” in Duden online
  • sinken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan.

Verb edit

sinken

  1. (intransitive) to sink (in water)
  2. (intransitive) to drop, to go down
  3. (intransitive) to collapse

Inflection edit

Strong class 3
Infinitive sinken
3rd sg. past sanc
3rd pl. past sonken
Past participle gesonken
Infinitive sinken
In genitive sinkens
In dative sinkene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular sinke sanc
2nd singular sincs, sinkes soncs, sonkes
3rd singular sinct, sinket sanc
1st plural sinken sonken
2nd plural sinct, sinket sonct, sonket
3rd plural sinken sonken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular sinke sonke
2nd singular sincs, sinkes sonkes
3rd singular sinke sonke
1st plural sinken sonken
2nd plural sinct, sinket sonket
3rd plural sinken sonken
Imperative Present
Singular sinc, sinke
Plural sinct, sinket
Present Past
Participle sinkende gesonken

Descendants edit

  • Dutch: zinken
  • Limburgish: zinke

Further reading edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

sinken m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of sink

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

sinken m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of sink