schrinken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch *schrinken, from Old Dutch *scrinkan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. It is now rare; modern use may have been reinforced by English shrink.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxrɪŋkə(n)/
Verb
schrinken
- (uncommon, dated) to shrink
- 1828, “Het Eerste Bedrijf. Julius. Burgerhart.”, in Dichterlijke werken van J. van den Vondel, page 37:
- Om, veilìgh in zijn ampt, te schroomen noch te schrinken.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1909, Albert Verwey, “Van het levensfeest door”, in De Beweging, volume 4:
- Droevige sintels schronken.
- Sad sparks shrank.
- 2003, :
- Het optimisme begon aardig te schrinken.
- Their optimism began to shrink considerably.
- 2009, :
- Ik moet wat voorzichtig omspringen met mijn schijfruimte, dus hierbij een geschronken versie van het origineel.
- I need to be a bit cautious with my hard drive space, so here [is] a shrunken version of the original.
Inflection
| Inflection of schrinken (strong class 3a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schrinken | |||
| past singular | schronk | |||
| past participle | geschronken | |||
| infinitive | schrinken | |||
| gerund | schrinken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | schrink | schronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | schrinkt | schronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | schrinkt | schronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | schrinkt | schronkt | ||
| 3rd person singular | schrinkt | schronk | ||
| plural | schrinken | schronken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | schrinke | schronke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | schrinken | schronken | ||
| imperative sing. | schrink | |||
| imperative plur.1 | schrinkt | |||
| participles | schrinkend | geschronken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- (to shrink): krimpen
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