sank
English
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editVerb
editsank
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editGerman
editPronunciation
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editsank
Middle Low German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editsank m (genitive sanges)
Norwegian Bokmål
editVerb
editsank
- simple past of synke
- imperative of sanke
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Swedish sank, related to sjunka (“to sink, intransitive, to go down”) and sänka (“to sink, transitive, to make something go down”).
Adjective
editsank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast)
Declension
editInflection 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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editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Swedish "(i) sank," from Low German in sank.
Noun
editsank
- 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
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