sinke

Danish

Etymology 1

Formed from sense 2 "to delay" (see Etymology 2 below)

Noun

sinke c (singular definite sinken, plural indefinite sinker)

  1. Person, especially (school) children, who is lacking in intelligence compared to their peers.
  2. fool, idiot
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse seinka

Verb

sinke (imperative [please provide], infinitive at sinke, present tense [please provide], past tense [please provide], perfect tense [please provide])

  1. to delay

Further reading

Estonian

Noun

sinke

  1. partitive plural of sink

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

sinke

  1. inflection of sinken:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German sinken, from Old High German sinkan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiŋkə/

Verb

sinke

  1. to sink

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive sinke
participle gesunk
auxiliary hon
present
indicative
imperative
ich sinke
du sinkst sink
er/sie/es sinkd
meer sinke
deer sinkd sinkd
sie sinke
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Further reading

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sinka, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋkə/

Verb

sinke

  1. to sink

Inflection

Strong class 3
infinitive sinke
3rd singular past sonk
past participle sonken
infinitive sinke
long infinitive sinken
gerund sinken n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular sink sonk
2nd singular sinkst sonkst
3rd singular sinkt sonk
plural sinke sonken
imperative sink
participles sinkend sonken

Further reading

  • sinke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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