slank

See also: šlank

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slæŋk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

Verb

slank

1. (rare) simple past and past participle of slink
   • a. 1913 (published 1934), Frederick William Rolfe, The desire and pursuit of the whole

     So, when priests slank up to him, he civilly warned them off: if they merited kindness and persisted, he gave them double […]

Etymology 2

Compare dialectal slonk (“depression, hollow, slough”), slunk (“slough, hollow; mud”).

Noun

slank (plural slanks)

1. (US and UK, dialectal) A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of a river, lake, or cove which is filled with water during freshet(s).
   • 1897, Ice and Refrigeration, page 269:

     […] The board of health had prohibited the sale of ice cut from the "slank," because water in the "slank" was said to be polluted. The ice dealers, however, contend that the city of Patterson has no right to pollute the river and thus hurt their business, […] stopping the sale of "slank" ice, […]

   • 1908, Atlantic Reporter, page 229:

     Van Zaun says that the fishing stopped 15 or 16 years before he testified - that would be about 1890. Mr. Shriner, one of the city's witnesses, says that he caught fish in one of the slanks in 1883 or 1885.

   • 1913, Municipal Journal, volume 35, page 506:

     Passaic, N. J. - The storm will cause great delay in filling in the slank. The dirt which the workmen have been throwing in was washed away into the river.

Anagrams

• Lanks, lanks

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch slank, from Middle Dutch slanc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slaŋk/

Adjective

slank (attributive slank, comparative slanker, superlative slankste)

1. slender, slim

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slanc, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to crawl, creep”). Compare German schlank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɑŋk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: slank
• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Adjective

slank (comparative slanker, superlative slankst)

1. slender, slim

Declension

Declension of slank
uninflected	slank
inflected	slanke
comparative	slanker
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		slank	slanker	het slankst het slankste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	slanke	slankere	slankste
	n. sing.	slank	slanker	slankste
	plural	slanke	slankere	slankste
definite		slanke	slankere	slankste
partitive		slanks	slankers	—

Derived terms

• afslanken
• slanke den
• slanke klaproos
• slanke sleutelbloem
• slankheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: slank

Indonesian

Etymology

Modified from English spelling "slang", except "ng" is a single letter and nasal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɑŋk/
• Hyphenation: slank
• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Noun

slank

1. slang

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German schlank.

Adjective

slank (neuter singular slankt, definite singular and plural slanke, comparative slankere, indefinite superlative slankest, definite superlative slankeste)

1. slender, slim

References

• “slank” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German schlank.

Adjective

slank (neuter singular slankt, definite singular and plural slanke, comparative slankare, indefinite plural slankast, definite plural slankaste)

1. slender, slim

References

• “slank” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From German schlank (“slim”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

slank (comparative slankare, superlative slankast)

1. slender, svelte

   Synonym: smärt

Declension

Inflection of slank

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	slank	slankare	slankast
neuter singular	slankt	slankare	slankast
plural	slanka	slankare	slankast
masculine plural2	slanke	slankare	slankast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	slanke	slankare	slankaste
all	slanka	slankare	slankaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Verb

slank

1. past indicative of slinka

References

• slank in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• slank in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• slank in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)