sinken

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German sinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan. Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Dutch zinken, English sink, Danish synke, Swedish sjunka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪŋkən/, [ˈzɪŋkŋ̍]
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  • Hyphenation: sin‧ken

Verb

sinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular present sinkt, past tense sank, past participle gesunken, past subjunctive sänke, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to sink; to submerge; to set; to fall from the sky
    Die Sonne ist gesunken.
    The sun has set.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, of prices, temperature, quantities, rates, etc.) to fall; to drop; to decline

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “sinken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “sinken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “sinken” in Duden online
  • “sinken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan.

Verb

sinken

  1. (intransitive) to sink (in water)
  2. (intransitive) to drop, to go down
  3. (intransitive) to collapse

Inflection
Strong class 3
Infinitive sinken
3rd sg. past sanc
3rd pl. past sonken
Past participle gesonken
Infinitive sinken
In genitive sinkens
In dative sinkene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular sinke sanc
2nd singular sincs, sinkes soncs, sonkes
3rd singular sinct, sinket sanc
1st plural sinken sonken
2nd plural sinct, sinket sonct, sonket
3rd plural sinken sonken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular sinke sonke
2nd singular sincs, sinkes sonkes
3rd singular sinke sonke
1st plural sinken sonken
2nd plural sinct, sinket sonket
3rd plural sinken sonken
Imperative Present
Singular sinc, sinke
Plural sinct, sinket
Present Past
Participle sinkende gesonken

Descendants
  • Dutch: zinken
  • Limburgish: zinke

Further reading
  • “sinken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sinken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

sinken m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of sink

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

sinken m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of sink
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