zinken

See also: Zinken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪŋkə(n)/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sinken, from Old Dutch *sinkan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).

Verb

zinken

  1. (intransitive) to sink
    De boot is gezonken.
    The boat has sunk.
Inflection
Inflection of zinken (strong class 3)
infinitive zinken
past singular zonk
past participle gezonken
infinitive zinken
gerund zinken n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular zink zonk
2nd person sing. (jij) zinkt zonk
2nd person sing. (u) zinkt zonk
2nd person sing. (gij) zinkt zonkt
3rd person singular zinkt zonk
plural zinken zonken
subjunctive sing.1 zinke zonke
subjunctive plur.1 zinken zonken
imperative sing. zink
imperative plur.1 zinkt
participles zinkend gezonken
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From zink +‎ -en.

Adjective

zinken (not comparable)

  1. made of zinc
Inflection
Inflection of zinken
uninflected zinken
inflected zinken
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial —
indefinite m./f. sing. zinken
n. sing. zinken
plural zinken
definite zinken
partitive —

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɪŋkn̩/, [ˈt͡sɪŋkŋ̩]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: zin‧ken

Etymology 1

Zink +‎ -en

Adjective

zinken (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) zinc (made of zinc)
    ein zinkener Eimer, eine zinkene Wanne ― a zinc bucket/a bucket made of zinc, a zinc bathtub/a bathtub made of zinc
Declension

Further reading

Etymology 2

  • Sense 1 was borrowed in the beginning of the 20th century from Rotwelsch, a cant or thieves' argot, in which its verb zinkenen is documented since the 19th century.[1]
  • Sense 2 is probably derived from the Rotwelsch locution Zinken stecken “to drop a hint, to tip-off, to give a signal”.[1]

Verb

zinken (third-person singular simple present zinkt, past tense zinkte, past participle gezinkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (card games) mark
    Falschspieler sind bekannt dafür, ihre Karten zu zinken.
    Card sharps are well-known to mark their cards.
    Er zinkte Buben und Asse.
    He marked jacks and aces.
  2. (slang) mark (something, someone) by giving a sign/signal/hint/tip-off and thus give away (sb. or sth. to sb.)
    Die Sache kam ans Licht, weil einer von ihnen gezinkt hatte.
    The affair came to light because one of them had given [them or information, etc.] away.
Conjugation

References

  1. 1 2 “zinken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

zinken

  1. definite singular of zink
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