funke
See also: Funke
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Swedish funka, similar slang which is a shortening of funktionera (“to function, to work”). The surface analysis of funke is a shortening of fungere, which is suggested by the alternative form funge.
Verb edit
funke (imperative funk, infinitive at funke, present tense funker, past tense funkede, perfect tense har funket)
- (slang) to work well; to work out
- 1993, Kosmorama:
- Den funker bare i kraft af sin fuldkomment gennemsigtige opdeling af rummet.
- It just works really well through its completely transparent division of the room.
- 2012, Lars Kjædegaard, Den røde labyrint: En Hvid & Belling-krimi, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:
- Vi prøvede. Men hun ... det funkede ikke.
- We tried. But she ... it didn't work out.
Conjugation edit
Inflection of funke
Alternative forms edit
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “funke,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English *funca, from Proto-West Germanic *funkō, from Proto-Germanic *funkô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
funke
Descendants edit
- English: funk (obsolete)
References edit
- “fǒnke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
funke (present tense funkar, past tense funka, past participle funka, passive infinitive funkast, present participle funkande, imperative funke/funk)
- e-infinitive form of funka (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
funke
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