sjunka

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish siunka, from Old East Norse *sinkwa, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɧɵŋːˌka/ === Verb === sjunka (present sjunker, preterite sjönk, supine sjunkit, imperative sjunk) (intransitive) to sink (intransitive) to lower, to decrease (intransitive, with ihop (“together”)) to collapse (mainly of people) ==== Usage notes ==== Sense 3 often has nuance of exhaustion or defeat and generally implies preservation of consciousness and a more deliberate action than a fall, hence it does not apply to buildings and the like. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== sänka (transitive) === References === “sjunka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “sjunka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “sjunka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) sjunka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === sjukan, sjukna