en dunk
dunk as a noun(en dunk)
Meaning
thump; drum; can; throb
In Swedish: knuff, slag
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en dunk |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | dunken |
| Plural, indefinite | dunkar |
| Plural, definite | dunkarna |
dunk is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor dunk, den stora dunken. Check another noun
dunk as an interjection
Meaning
bang (heavy knock or pounding); oontz (sound of pounding bass)
Practise dunk
1 / 2Is it en dunk or ett dunk?
dunk in a sentence
- en dunk i ryggena slap on the back
- en dunk fotogena can of paraffin
- dunket av en fiskebåtthe dull throb of a fishing boat
- en ryggdunka back thump (used idiomatically like "a slap on the back")
- dunket från högtalarnathe pounding of the speakers
- Dunk! Dunk! Dunk!Bang! Bang! Bang!
Words built with dunk
- bensindunk petrol can
Questions
What does dunk mean in English?
dunk means “thump, drum”.
Is it en dunk or ett dunk?
It is en dunk, and “the thump” is dunken.
What is the plural of dunk?
The plural of dunk is dunkar, and the definite plural is dunkarna.
Origin
From Middle Low German tunneke, a diminutive of tunne (“barrel”), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”), from Latin tunna.
Nearby common words
dunk is number 9,002 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,998förödmjukande humiliate, humiliating
- 8,999irländarna the Irishmen, Irishmen
- 9,000mexikaner mexicans
- 9,001kalsong Briefs
- 9,003upphöjd lofty, superscript
- 9,004gagna benefit
- 9,005tänja stretch
- 9,006vaxa wax
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary