slinken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slinken, from Old Dutch *slinkan, from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

slinken

  1. to shrink, to lessen

Inflection

Inflection of slinken (strong class 3)
infinitive slinken
past singular slonk
past participle geslonken
infinitive slinken
gerund slinken n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular slink slonk
2nd person sing. (jij) slinkt slonk
2nd person sing. (u) slinkt slonk
2nd person sing. (gij) slinkt slonkt
3rd person singular slinkt slonk
plural slinken slonken
subjunctive sing.1 slinke slonke
subjunctive plur.1 slinken slonken
imperative sing. slink
imperative plur.1 slinkt
participles slinkend geslonken
1) Archaic.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slinkan, from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną.

Verb

slinken

  1. to cave, to collapse inwards (especially of the body)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • slinken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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