slank

See also: šlank

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /slæŋk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æŋk

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 […]

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle Dutch slanc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /slaŋk/

Adjective

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  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(file)
  • Hyphenation: slank
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Adjective

slank (comparative slanker, superlative slankst)

  1. slender, slim

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

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

Swedish

Etymology

From German schlank (“slim”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

slank (comparative slankare, superlative slankast)

  1. slender
    Synonym: smärt

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Verb

slank

  1. past indicative of slinka

References
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