sink

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. (ergative, physical) To move or be moved into something.
2. (physical, transitive) To move or be moved into something.
3. (physical, transitive) To move or be moved into something.
4. (physical, transitive) To move or be moved into something.
5. (physical, transitive) To move or be moved into something.
6. (figuratively, intransitive) To diminish or be diminished.
7. (figuratively, transitive) To diminish or be diminished.
8. (intransitive) To diminish or be diminished.
9. (archaic, slang, transitive) To conceal and appropriate.
10. (archaic, slang, transitive) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
11. (slang, transitive) To drink (especially something alcoholic).
12. (slang, transitive) To pay absolutely.
13. (archaic, slang, transitive) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
14. (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
15. (archaic, intransitive) To die.
16. (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Noun

1. A basin used for holding water for washing.
2. A drain for carrying off wastewater.
3. A sinkhole.
4. A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
5. A heat sink.
6. A place that absorbs resources or energy.
7. A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
8. (uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
9. (uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
10. An object or callback that captures events.
11. A destination vertex in a transportation network.
12. A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
13. An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
14. A depression in a stereotype plate.
15. A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
16. An excavation smaller than a shaft.
17. One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.

Konzepte

sinken

Waschbecken

untertauchen

versenken

untergehen

senken

Ausguss

fallen

versinken

absinken

abtauchen

Senke

sich entschärfen

sich neigen

Doline

einsinken

ablassen

bohren

Lavabo

abstumpfen

Spüle

Spültisch

stumpf werden

stürzen

absenken

Waschschüssel

graben

Wanne

Einbuße

Schlagseite haben

Spülbecken

hohl werden

sich vertiefen

zum Untergehen bringen

schräg liegen

Schlagseite bekommen

Sammel

herunterrutschen

hinunterfallen

Spülstein

Abfluss

Lavabo

absacken

anrühren

antreffen

Ausguß

Badewanne

🛁

Becken

begegnen

berühren

Gegenteil von

faucet

Synonyme

submerge

drown

fall

go down

plunge

settle

drop

dive

subside

dip

descend

basin

cesspool

immerse

washbasin

founder

set

slump

go under

sump

sewer

decline

collapse

sinkhole

capsize

cesspit

cave in

scuttle

perish

fall down

washstand

tap

broach

wash basin

strike

bore

lapse

soak

be submerged

lower

submerse

drop down

fall off

sag

be drowned

lavatory

stoop

enter

plummet

bury

Übersetzungen

affondare

couler

hundir

évier

zinken

hundirse

sombrer

afundar

s’enfoncer

βυθίζω

βυθίζομαι

fregadero

pia

lavandino

lavello

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/sɪŋk/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: synken

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: sinke

Verwandt mit Niederdeutsch: sinken

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: zinken

Verwandt mit Deutsch: sinken

Verwandt mit Dänisch: -

Verwandt mit Norwegisch (Bokmål): -

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: sjunka

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: senċan

In summary

From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.