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senke.

to lower

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. to lower

  2. to reduce

  3. to sink (a ship; compare with synke)

Where this word comes from

From Danish sænke, from Old Danish sænckæ, from Old Norse *sænkja (east) / søkkva (west), from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną, cognate with German senken. Causative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”) (cf. Danish synke (“to sink”)).

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