sinke

Formed from sense 2 "to delay" (see Etymology 2 below)

sinke c (singular definite sinken, plural indefinite sinker)

1. Person, especially (school) children, who is lacking in intelligence compared to their peers.
2. fool, idiot

• idiot
• psykopat

• taber

From Old Norse seinka

sinke (imperative [please provide], infinitive at sinke, present tense [please provide], past tense [please provide], perfect tense [please provide])

1. to delay

• “sinke” in Den Danske Ordbog

sinke

1. partitive plural of sink

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sinke

1. inflection of sinken:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

From Middle High German sinken, from Old High German sinkan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋkə/

sinke

1. to sink

Regular
infinitive	sinke
participle	gesunk
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	sinke	—
du	sinkst	sink
er/sie/es	sinkd	—
meer	sinke	—
deer	sinkd	sinkd
sie	sinke	—
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Old Frisian sinka, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋkə/

sinke

1. to sink

Strong class 3
infinitive	sinke
3rd singular past	sonk
past participle	sonken
infinitive	sinke
long infinitive	sinken
gerund	sinken n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	sink	sonk
2nd singular	sinkst	sonkst
3rd singular	sinkt	sonk
plural	sinke	sonken
imperative	sink
participles	sinkend	sonken

• “sinke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011