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sänka

lower, reduce

sänka as a verb

Meaning

lower; reduce

In Swedish: förflytta nedåt

Conjugation

Conjugation of sänka (lower)
Infinitiveatt sänkato lower
Presentsänkerjag sänker
Pastsänktejag sänkte
Supinesänktused after har / hade
Perfecthar sänktjag har sänkt
Past perfecthade sänktjag hade sänkt
Futureska sänkaor: kommer att sänka
Conditionalskulle sänkajag skulle sänka
Imperativesänk!a command
Present participlesänkande-ing, used as an adjective
Past participlesänktused like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sänka
Infinitivesänkas
Presentsänks
Pastsänktes
Supinesänkts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use sänker. See the four verb groups explained.

sänka as a noun(en sänka)

Meaning

hollow; depression; valley; sedimentation

In Swedish: dalgång

Forms

Forms of sänka
Singular, indefiniteen sänka
Singular, definitesänkan
Plural, indefinitesänkor
Plural, definitesänkorna

sänka is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor sänka, den stora sänkan. Check another noun

Practise sänka

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sänka in a sentence

  • skymningen sänkte sig över staden
    twilight fell over the town
  • sänka blicken
    lower one's gaze
  • hon sänkte rösten till en viskning
    she lowered her voice to a whisper
  • sänka standarden
    lower the standard
  • sänka priserna
    reduce prices
  • 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.
  • Båten sänktes av en torped
    The boat was sunk by a torpedo
  • Arkimedes gillade att sänka ner grejer i vätska
    Archimedes liked to immerse things in liquid
  • ta sänkan
    carry out a blood sedimentation test

Questions

What does sänka mean in English?

sänka means “lower, reduce”.

Is it en sänka or ett sänka?

It is en sänka, and “the hollow” is sänkan.

What is the plural of sänka?

The plural of sänka is sänkor, and the definite plural is sänkorna.

What is the past tense of sänka?

The past tense of sänka is sänkte (“jag sänkte”). The supine is sänkt, used in “jag har sänkt”.

What is the present tense of sänka?

sänker, the same for every person: jag sänker, du sänker, vi sänker.

Origin

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

Nearby common words

sänka is number 1,420 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary