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Webster 1913 Edition


Sank

Sank

(săṉk)
,
imp.
of
Sink
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sank

SANK

, pret. of sink, but nearly obsolete.

Definition 2024


sank

sank

See also: sänk and šank

English

Verb

sank

  1. simple past tense of sink

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aŋk

Verb

sank

  1. First-person singular preterite of sinken.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of sinken.

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saŋk/

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.

Noun

sank m (genitive sanges)

  1. the act of singing
  2. a chant
  3. a song, especially one sung during work
  4. the sound of a bell, bell ringing

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sank

  1. simple past of synke

Swedish

Etymology

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)

  1. marshy

Declension

Inflection of sank
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sank sankare sankast
Neuter singular sankt sankare sankast
Plural sanka sankare sankast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sanke sankare sankaste
All sanka sankare sankaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms

  • sankhet
  • sankmark
  • sankäng

References