synke

From Old Danish siunkæ, from Old East Norse *sinkwa, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, cognate with Swedish sjunka, English sink, German sinken, Dutch zinken, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).

• IPA^(key): /sønkə/, [ˈsøŋɡ̊ə]

synke (past tense sank, past participle sunket, c sunken, plural and definite singular sunkne)

1. (intransitive) to sink, go down
2. (intransitive) to decline, fall
3. (transitive) to swallow

• nedsunken

• “synke” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Danish synke, from Old Danish siunkæ, from Old East Norse *sinkwa, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, cognate with Swedish sjunka, English sink, German sinken, Dutch zinken, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).

synke (imperative synk, present tense synker, simple past sank, past participle sunket, present participle synkende)

1. to sink
2. to decline, fall

• sammensunket

• “synke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.