senke

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senke

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

From Danish sænke, from Old Danish sænckæ, from Old Norse *sænkja (east) / søkkva (west), from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną, cognate with German senken. Causative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”) (cf. Danish synke (“to sink”)).

senke (imperative senk, present tense senker, passive senkes, simple past and past participle senka or senket, present participle senkende)

1. to lower
2. to reduce
3. to sink (a ship; compare with synke)

• nedsenkbar
• senkning

• “senke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

senke

1. genitive singular of senka
2. nominative plural of senka
3. accusative plural of senka
4. vocative plural of senka