zinke

See also: Zinke

English

Etymology 1

Noun

zinke (countable and uncountable, plural zinkes)

  1. Alternative spelling of zink (musical instrument).

Etymology 2

Noun

zinke (countable and uncountable, plural zinkes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of zinc (metal).
    • 1673, Robert Boyle, Essays of the Strange Subtility, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums, page 47:
      We took an Ounce of filings of Zinke carefully weigh'd []

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Dutch

Verb

zinke

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of zinken

German

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Verb

zinke

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