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sinken

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German sinken, from Old High German sinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan. Compare Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, English sink, Danish synke, Swedish sjunka.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Verb

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sinken

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

Inflection

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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

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  • Dutch: zinken
  • Limburgish: zinke

Further reading

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German sinkan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠inkən/

Verb

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sinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular present sinket, past tense sank, past participle gesunken, past subjunctive sünke, auxiliary sīn)

  1. to sink (intransitive)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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sinken m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of sink

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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sinken m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of sink