slank
See also: šlank
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slank
- (rare) simple past and past participle of slink
- a. 1913 (published 1934), Frederick William Rolfe, The desire and pursuit of the whole
- So, when priests slank up to him, he civilly warned them off: if they merited kindness and persisted, he gave them double […]
- a. 1913 (published 1934), Frederick William Rolfe, The desire and pursuit of the whole
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Etymology edit
From Dutch slank, from Middle Dutch slanc.
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slank (attributive slank, comparative slanker, superlative slankste)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch slanc, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to crawl, creep”). Compare German schlank.
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slank (comparative slanker, superlative slankst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of slank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | slank | |||
| inflected | slanke | |||
| comparative | slanker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | slank | slanker | het slankst het slankste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | slanke | slankere | slankste |
| n. sing. | slank | slanker | slankste | |
| plural | slanke | slankere | slankste | |
| definite | slanke | slankere | slankste | |
| partitive | slanks | slankers | — | |
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- Afrikaans: slank
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Modified from English spelling "slang", except "ng" is a single letter and nasal
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slank
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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slank (neuter singular slankt, definite singular and plural slanke, comparative slankere, indefinite superlative slankest, definite superlative slankeste)
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- “slank” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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slank (neuter singular slankt, definite singular and plural slanke, comparative slankare, indefinite plural slankast, definite plural slankaste)
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- “slank” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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slank (comparative slankare, superlative slankast)
Declension edit
| Inflection of slank | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | slank | slankare | slankast |
| Neuter singular | slankt | slankare | slankast |
| Plural | slanka | slankare | slankast |
| Masculine plural3 | slanke | slankare | slankast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | slanke | slankare | slankaste |
| All | slanka | slankare | slankaste |
| 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 | |||
Verb edit
slank
- past indicative of slinka