sjunka
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish siunka, from Old East Norse *sinkwa, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sjunka (present sjunker, preterite sjönk, supine sjunkit, imperative sjunk)
- sink (descend into liquid, etc)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sjunka (class 2 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sjunka | sjunkas | ||
| Supine | sjunkit | sjunkits | ||
| Imperative | sjunk | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | sjunken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | sjunker | sjönk | sjunks, sjunkes | sjönks |
| Ind. plural1 | sjunka | sjönko | sjunkas | sjönkos |
| Subjunctive2 | sjunke | sjönke | sjunkes | sjönkes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | sjunkande | |||
| Past participle | sjunken | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References edit
- sjunka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sjunka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sjunka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- sjunka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)