funke

See also: Funkẹ and Funke

Danish

Etymology

From Swedish funka, similar slang which is a shortening of funktionera (“to function, to work”). The surface analysis of funke is a shortening of fungere, which is suggested by the alternative form funge.

Verb

funke (imperative funk, infinitive at funke, present tense funker, past tense funkede, perfect tense har funket)

1. (slang) to work well; to work out
   • 1993, Kosmorama:

     Den funker bare i kraft af sin fuldkomment gennemsigtige opdeling af rummet.

     It just works really well through its completely transparent division of the room.

   • 2012, Lars Kjædegaard, Den røde labyrint: En Hvid & Belling-krimi, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:

     Vi prøvede. Men hun ... det funkede ikke.

     We tried. But she ... it didn't work out.

Conjugation

Conjugation of funke

active passive present funker funkes past funkede funkedes infinitive funke funkes imperative funk — participle present funkende past funket (auxiliary verb have) gerund funken

Alternative forms

• funge

Synonyms

• fungere

References

• “funke,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fonk, fonke

Etymology

From Old English *funca, from Proto-West Germanic *funkō, from Proto-Germanic *funkô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfunk(ə)/

Noun

funke

1. (rare) spark

Descendants

• English: funk (obsolete)

References

• “fǒnke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• funk, fonk (eye dialect, apocope)

Verb

funke (present tense funkar, past tense funka, past participle funka, passive infinitive funkast, present participle funkande, imperative funke/funk)

1. e-infinitive form of funka (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)

Etymology 2

Verb

funke

1. (eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag) present tense of funk