sank

See also: sänk, šank, and sānk

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sæŋk/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -æŋk

Verb

sank

simple past of sink

Anagrams

Kans., kans, naks

German

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aŋk

Verb

sank

first/third-person singular preterite of sinken

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Related to singen (“to sing”).
Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang (“singing”)), Old Norse sǫngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saŋk/

Noun

sank m (genitive sanges)

the act of singing
a chant
a song, especially one sung during work
the sound of a bell, bell ringing

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sank

simple past of synke
imperative of sanke

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sank, related to sjunka (“to sink, intransitive, to go down”) and sänka (“to sink, transitive, to make something go down”).

Adjective

sank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast)

marshy

Declension

Inflection of **sank**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	sank	sankare	sankast
neuter singular	sankt	sankare	sankast
plural	sanka	sankare	sankast
masculine plural²	sanke	sankare	sankast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	sanke	sankare	sankaste
all	sanka	sankare	sankaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish "(i) sank," from Low German in sank.

Noun

sank

the state (of a ship or the like) of no longer being able to float due to damage
Fartyget sköts i sank av en ubåt
The ship was sunk by a submarine (was shot and damaged so that it could no longer float, more literally, with sinking often implied)
(figuratively) to be shot down, defeated, or the like
Hans huvudargument sköts i sank
His main argument was shot down

Semesterplanerna sköts i sank av vulkanutbrottet
The vacation plans were ruined by the volcanic eruption

Usage notes

Uninflected.

References