UrsprungFrom Old Swedish sænkia, from Old Norse sænkva, (Old West Norse søkkva) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
- transitiveto 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.
- transitiveto sink (a boat or the like)
“Båten sänktes av en torped” — The boat was sunk by a torpedo
- transitiveto immerse (in liquid)
“Arkimedes gillade att sänka ner grejer i vätska” — Archimedes liked to immerse things in liquid
- to set (to punch a nail into wood)
- transitiveto reduce in intensity; turn down
“Sänk ljudet på tv:n!” — Turn down the sound of the TV!
- transitiveto make the ball pass through or down into a score-winning hole (as in basketball or golf)
- pocket
- slangto down; to drink (especially beer or liquor)
“att sänka en kall bira” — to down a cold beer
- common-genderdepression; area of ground which is lower than the surroundings; a long but shallow valley
- common-gendersink; a point where the divergence of a vector field is negative
- colloquial, common-genderESR; erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Formersänker(present) · sänkte(preterite) · sänkt(supine) · sänk(imperative) · sänka(active, infinitive) · sänkas(infinitive, passive) · sänkt(active, supine) · sänkts(passive, supine) · sänk(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · sänken(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · sänker(active, indicative, present) · sänkte(active, indicative, past) · sänks(indicative, passive, present) · sänkes(indicative, passive, present) · sänktes(indicative, passive, past) · sänka(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · sänkte(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · sänkas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)