sinke

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sinke c (singular definite sinken, plural indefinite sinker)

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

Declension

Declension of sinke

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sinke	sinken	sinker	sinkerne
genitive	sinkes	sinkens	sinkers	sinkernes

Synonyms

• idiot
• psykopat

Related terms

• taber

Etymology 2

From Old Norse seinka, derived from seinn (“late”)

Verb

sinke (imperative sink, infinitive at sinke, present tense sinker, past tense sinkede, perfect tense sinket)

1. to delay

   Synonym: forsinke

Conjugation

Conjugation of sinke

active passive present sinker sinkes past sinkede sinkedes infinitive sinke sinkes imperative sink — participle present sinkende past sinket (auxiliary verb have) gerund sinken

Etymology 3

Derived from German Zinke.

Noun

sinke c (singular definite sinken, plural indefinite sinker)

1. tenon

Declension

Declension of sinke

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sinke	sinken	sinker	sinkerne
genitive	sinkes	sinkens	sinkers	sinkernes

Etymology 4

Derived from German zinken

Verb

sinke (imperative sink, infinitive at sinke, present tense sinker, past tense sinkede, perfect tense sinket)

1. to tenon

Conjugation

Conjugation of sinke

active passive present sinker sinkes past sinkede sinkedes infinitive sinke sinkes imperative sink — participle present sinkende past sinket (auxiliary verb have) gerund sinken

Further reading

• “sinke” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Noun

sinke

1. partitive plural of sink

German

Pronunciation

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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 present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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
clitic form	sinksto	sonksto
3rd singular	sinkt	sonk
plural	sinke	sonken
imperative	sink
participles	sinkend	sonken

Further reading

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