sänka

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See also: sanka, Sanka, and sánka

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish sænkia, from Old Norse sænkva, (Old West Norse søkkva) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

sänka (present sänker, preterite sänkte, supine sänkt, imperative sänk)

  1. (transitive) to lower; move downwards
    Den vänstra tavlan bör sänkas lite så den kommer i jämnhöjd med de andra.
    The left picture should be lowered somewhat so that it is even with the other.
  2. (transitive) to sink (a boat or the like)
    Båten sänktes av en torped
    The boat was sunk by a torpedo
  3. (transitive, with ner (down)) to immerse (in liquid)
    Arkimedes gillade att sänka ner grejer i vätska
    Archimedes liked to immerse things in liquid
  4. to set (to punch a nail into wood)
  5. (transitive) to reduce in intensity; turn down
    Sänk ljudet på tv:n!
    Turn down the sound of the TV!
  6. (transitive, sports) to make the ball pass through or down into a score-winning hole (as in basketball or golf)
  7. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) pocket
  8. (slang) to down; to drink (especially beer or liquor)
    att sänka en kall bira
    to down a cold beer

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Noun[edit]

sänka c

  1. depression; area of ground which is lower than the surroundings; a long but shallow valley
  2. (mathematics) sink; a point where the divergence of a vector field is negative
  3. (colloquial, medicine) ESR; erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Declension[edit]

Declension of sänka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sänka sänkan sänkor sänkorna
Genitive sänkas sänkans sänkors sänkornas

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