different between sank vs mank

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Verb

sank

1. simple past tense of sink

See also

• sank work

Anagrams

• Kans., kans, naks

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

sank

1. first/third-person singular preterite of sinken

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Related to singen (“to sing”).
Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang (“singing”)), Old Norse s?ngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?k/

Noun

sank m (genitive sanges)

1. the act of singing
2. a chant
3. a song, especially one sung during work
4. the sound of a bell, bell ringing

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sank

1. simple past of synke
2. imperative of sanke

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish sank, related to sjunka (“to sink, intransitive, to go down”) and sänka (“to sink, transitive, to make something go down”).

Adjective

sank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast)

1. marshy

Declension

Related terms

• sankhet
• sankmark
• sankäng

References

• sank in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sank in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English manken, from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), and Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).

Verb

mank (third-person singular simple present manks, present participle manking, simple past and past participle manked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To mutilate.

Related terms

• mangle

Etymology 2

Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.

Adjective

mank (not comparable)

1. (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Disgusting, repulsive.

   Synonyms: (slang) manky, (slang) ming, (slang) minging

Noun

mank (uncountable)

1. (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Something that is disgusting or manky.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch manc (“a limping or lame person”), from Latin mancus (“maimed or defective”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *man-

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k

Adjective

mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst)

1. lame

Inflection

Related terms

• manken
• mankepoot
• manklopen
• verminken