sacken

German

Etymology 1

Sack +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzakn̩/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧cken

Verb

sacken (weak, third-person singular present sackt, past tense sackte, past participle gesackt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to bag
Conjugation

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Low German and Middle Low German sacken, from or related to Old Saxon sinkan (to sink). Compare Dutch zakken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzakn̩/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧cken

Verb

sacken (weak, third-person singular present sackt, past tense sackte, past participle gesackt, auxiliary sein)

  1. to sink
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • Sacken, Sacker, Sackung
  • sackend, gesackt

Further reading

  • sacken” in Duden online
  • sacken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache