sank

• IPA^(key): /sæŋk/

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

sank

1. simple past of sink

• sank work

• Kans., kans, naks

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sank

1. first/third-person singular preterite of sinken

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.

• IPA^(key): /saŋk/

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

sank

1. simple past of synke
2. imperative of sanke

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

sank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast)

1. marshy

Inflection of sank
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sank	sankare	sankast
Neuter singular	sankt	sankare	sankast
Plural	sanka	sankare	sankast
Masculine plural3	sanke	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 the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

• sankhet
• sankmark
• sankäng

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

sank

1. 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)

2. (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

Uninflected.

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• sank in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sank in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sank in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)