zakken

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɑkə(n)/ Hyphenation: zak‧ken Rhymes: -ɑkən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch *sacken, from Old Dutch *sackon, from Proto-Germanic *sakkōną, further etymology unknown, perhaps from a denasalized derivative of *sinkwaną (“to sink”); compare English sag. According to Kluge, related to zak (“sack”). Found natively only in the West Germanic languages. ==== Verb ==== zakken (intransitive) to fall, to drop, to sink (intransitive) to come down, to go down (intransitive) to fail, to flunk (transitive) to calm down ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: sak Negerhollands: sak → Aukan: saka → Saramaccan: sáka, sakka ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== zakken plural of zak == Japanese == === Romanization === zakken Rōmaji transcription of ざっけん