zakken.
to fall, to drop, to sink
Meaning & usage
to fall, to drop, to sink
De gist zakt gedurende het proces naar de bodem van de kuip.
to come down, to go down
to fail, to flunk
Ik ben gezakt voor mijn rijexamen.
to calm down
Kun je even zakken? Je bent zo rusteloos.
Where this word comes from
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.
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