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Sank
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Sank
SANK
, pret. of sink, but nearly obsolete.Definition 2024
sank
sank
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aŋk
Verb
sank
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)
- the act of singing
- a chant
- a song, especially one sung during work
- the sound of a bell, bell ringing
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)
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
- sank in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- sank in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.