sinke

Danish

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of sinke

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sinke	sinken	sinker	sinkerne
genitive	sinkes	sinkens	sinkers	sinkernes

Synonyms

• idiot
• psykopat

Related terms

• taber

Further reading

• “sinke” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Estonian

Noun

sinke

1. partitive plural of sink

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German

Verb

sinke

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

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Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋkə/

Verb

sinke

1. to sink

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋkə/

Verb

sinke

1. to sink

Inflection

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

Further reading

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