senken
German
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German senken, from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną. Causative of sinken.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsenken (weak, third-person singular present senkt, past tense senkte, past participle gesenkt, auxiliary haben)
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Conjugation
editinfinitive | senken | ||||
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present participle | senkend | ||||
past participle | gesenkt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich senke | wir senken | i | ich senke | wir senken |
du senkst | ihr senkt | du senkest | ihr senket | ||
er senkt | sie senken | er senke | sie senken | ||
preterite | ich senkte | wir senkten | ii | ich senkte1 | wir senkten1 |
du senktest | ihr senktet | du senktest1 | ihr senktet1 | ||
er senkte | sie senkten | er senkte1 | sie senkten1 | ||
imperative | senk (du) senke (du) |
senkt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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editFurther reading
editJapanese
editRomanization
editsenken
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch *senken, from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
Verb
editsenken
- to cause to sink
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
editDescendants
edit- Dutch: zenken
Further reading
edit- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “senken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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