"sank" meaning in Swedish

See sank in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Old Swedish sank, related to sjunka (“to sink, intransitive, to go down”) and sänka (“to sink, transitive, to make something go down”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|sank}} Old Swedish sank Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|sankare|superlative|sankast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} sank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast), {{sv-adj}} sank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast) Forms: sankare [comparative], sankast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], sank [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], sankare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], sankast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], sankt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], sankare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], sankast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], sanka [indefinite, plural, positive], sankare [comparative, indefinite, plural], sankast [indefinite, plural, superlative], sanke [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], sankare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], sankast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], sanke [definite, masculine, positive, singular], sankare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], sankaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], sanka [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], sankare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], sankaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. marshy Related terms: sankhet, sankmark, sankäng
    Sense id: en-sank-sv-adj-ODpl-Zy2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Old Swedish "(i) sank," from Low German in sank. Etymology templates: {{bor|sv|nds|in sank}} Low German in sank Head templates: {{head|sv|noun}} sank
  1. the state (of a ship or the like) of no longer being able to float due to damage
    Sense id: en-sank-sv-noun-SKReAAnF Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 18 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 14 32
  2. (figuratively) to be shot down, defeated, or the like Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-sank-sv-noun-jnLd7xZk Categories (other): Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 18 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 14 32 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 1 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gå i kvav
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for sank meaning in Swedish (5.0kB)

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