Sentences with German verb senken ⟨Subordinate⟩

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Present

  • Ich senke nicht eure Löhne. 
    English I do not lower your wages.
  • Ich senke nicht eure Löhne und Gehälter. 
    English I do not lower your wages and salaries.
  • Der Boden senkt sich jedes Jahr einige Zentimeter. 
    English The ground sinks a few centimeters every year.
  • Wenn du den Preis senkst , kaufe ich es. 
    English If you reduce the price, I'll buy it.
  • Das senkt den Blutzuckerspiegel. 
    English This lowers the blood sugar level.
  • Alkohol senkt die Hemmschwelle. 
    English Alcohol lowers inhibitions.

Imperfect

  • Sie senkten den Vorhang. 
    English They lowered the curtain.
  • Er senkte seinen Blick. 
    English He lowered his eyes.
  • Alle Jungen senkten den Blick. 
    English All the boys looked down.
  • Tom senkte die Flamme. 
    English Tom lowered the flame.
  • Die Zentralbank senkte erneut den Leitzins. 
    English The central bank lowered the interest rate again.
  • Die Abenddämmerung senkte sich über die Wüste. 
    English Dusk fell over the desert.
  • Der Kantor senkte den Blick und fragte nicht weiter. 
    English The cantor lowered his gaze and did not ask further.
  • Sie senkte ihre Ansprüche. 
    English She lowered her standards.
  • Der Wasserspiegel senkte sich sichtlich. 
    English The water level noticeably decreased.
  • Sie senkte fügsam den Blick. 
    English She submissively lowered her gaze.

Present Subj.

-

Imperf. Subj.

-

Imperative

-

Infinitive

  • Man könnte die Preise senken . 
    English Prices could be lowered.
  • Würdest du bitte deine Stimme senken ? 
    English Would you please lower your voice?
  • Könnten Sie die Lautstärke senken ? 
    English Could you turn the volume down?
  • Die Berührung der Natur kann den Blutdruck senken . 
    English Exposure to nature can decrease our blood pressure.
  • Präsident Arthur wollte die Zollgebühren senken . 
    English President Arthur wanted to reduce the tariffs.
  • Diese Technologie wird den Sonnenenergiepreis drastisch senken . 
    English This technology will drastically lower the cost of solar energy.
  • Eine mediterrane Ernährungsweise kann das Risiko einer Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankung senken . 
    English Adopting a Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Participle

  • Unsere Miete wurde gesenkt . 
    English Our rent has been lowered.
  • Der Steuerfreibetrag soll gesenkt werden. 
    English The tax allowance should be reduced.

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Indicative

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  • Sie senkten den Vorhang. 
    English They lowered the curtain.
  • Er senkte seinen Blick. 
    English He lowered his eyes.
  • Alle Jungen senkten den Blick. 
    English All the boys looked down.
  • Ich senke nicht eure Löhne. 
    English I do not lower your wages.
  • Ich senke nicht eure Löhne und Gehälter. 
    English I do not lower your wages and salaries.
  • Der Boden senkt sich jedes Jahr einige Zentimeter. 
    English The ground sinks a few centimeters every year.
  • Wenn du den Preis senkst , kaufe ich es. 
    English If you reduce the price, I'll buy it.
  • Das senkt den Blutzuckerspiegel. 
    English This lowers the blood sugar level.
  • Tom senkte die Flamme. 
    English Tom lowered the flame.
  • Alkohol senkt die Hemmschwelle. 
    English Alcohol lowers inhibitions.
  • Die Zentralbank senkte erneut den Leitzins. 
    English The central bank lowered the interest rate again.
  • Die Abenddämmerung senkte sich über die Wüste. 
    English Dusk fell over the desert.
  • Der Kantor senkte den Blick und fragte nicht weiter. 
    English The cantor lowered his gaze and did not ask further.
  • Sie senkte ihre Ansprüche. 
    English She lowered her standards.
  • Der Wasserspiegel senkte sich sichtlich. 
    English The water level noticeably decreased.

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Subjunctive

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Imperative

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Translation of German senken


German senken
English lower, sink, drop, reduce, abate, bring down, countersink, cut
Russian опускать, снижать, понижать, опускаться, опуститься, снизить, наклонить, наклонять
Spanish bajar, reducir, apianar, caer, deprimir, descender, disminuir, flexionarse
French abaisser, diminuer, baisser, alléger, comprimer, dégonfler, déniveler, faire baisser
Turkish düşürmek, alçaltmak, azaltmak, indirmek, alçalmak, inmek, ucuzlatmak, yavaşlatmak
Portuguese abaixar, reduzir, baixar, diminuir, decrementar
Italian abbassare, ridurre, abbassarsi, calare, chinare, decurtare, deprimere, digradare
Romanian scădea, coborî, reduce
Hungarian csökkent, süllyeszt, leereszt, lehajt, lehorgaszt, lejjebb visz, leszállít
Polish obniżać, zmniejszać, obniżać się, obniżyć, obniżyć się, opuścić, zapadać, zapaść
Greek κατεβάζω, μειώνω, χαμηλώνω, βουλιάζω, βυθίζω, κλείνω, πέφτω, υποχωρώ
Dutch verlagen, afhellen, dalen, laten zakken, laten zinken, neerdalen, neerlaten, omlaaggaan
Czech snížit, pokles, snižovat, klesat, klesatsnout, klopit, poklesnout, sklonit
Swedish sänka, sjunka, sänka sig, sänkning
Danish sænke, dale, synke
Japanese 下げる, 沈める, 下がる, 伏せる, 沈む, 減少させる, 落とす
Catalan baixar, reduir, abaixar, sotmetre
Finnish laskea, vähentää, alentaa, laskeutua, madaltua
Norwegian senke, synke, sænke
Basque jaitsi, murriztu
Serbian smanjiti, spustiti
Macedonian намали, намалувам, намалување, спуштам, спуштање, спушти
Slovenian spustiti, znižati
Slowakisch poklesnúť, znižovať, klesať, znižiť
Bosnian smanjiti, spustiti
Croatian smanjiti, spustiti
Ukrainian опускати, знижувати, знизити, опустити
Bulgarian понижавам, спускам, намалявам
Belorussian зніжаць, апускаць, панізіць
Indonesian menurunkan, menundukkan
Vietnamese hạ xuống, giảm, hạ
Uzbek pasaytirish, pasaytirmoq, pastga tushurmoq, tushirmoq
Hindi कम करना, घटाना, झुकाना, नीचा करना, नीचे करना
Chinese 低下, 放低, 降下, 降低
Thai ลด, นำลง, ลดลง, เอาลง
Korean 낮추다, 내려놓다, 내리다
Azerbaijani aşağı salmaq, endirmək
Georgian დაწევა, დაკლება, დახრა, ჩაშვება
Bengali কমানো, নামানো, নিচু করা, নিচে নামানো, হ্রাস করা
Albanian ul, përkul, zbrit
Marathi कमी करणे, खाली आणणे, खाली करणे, घटवणे, झुकवणे
Nepali घटाउनु, झुकाउनु, तल झार्नु, तल्लो पार्नु
Telugu దించు, తగ్గించు, దిగించు
Latvian nolaist, nolaižt, pazemināt, samazināt
Tamil கீழிறக்கு, இறக்கு, குறைசெய்ய, தாழ்த்து
Estonian langetama, vähendada
Armenian իջեցնել, նվազեցնել
Kurdish kêmkirin, nizmkirin, nîzm kirin, xwarxistin
Hebrewלהוריד، להשקיע
Arabicخفض، انخفاض، انحدر، انخفض، تخفيض، نزل، نكس، هبط
Persianپایین آوردن، کاهش دادن
Urduکم کرنا، گھٹانا

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Meanings and synonyms of senken

  • in eine niedrigere Position bringen, abwärtsbewegen, beugen, krümmen, neigen, sinken lassen
  • ermäßigen
  • auf einen niedrigeren Wert bringen
  • abwärts bewegen
  • [Fachsprache] abteufen, verkleinern, sinken, absenken, mindern

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 87929, 87929, 87929, 87929

* Synonyms come partly from OpenThesaurus (openthesaurus.de) and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license: senken

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 87929, 87929, 21719, 303658, 87929, 87929

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 2356094, 2356096, 11044919, 6206018, 3946657, 8786774, 2717338, 5620972, 1928849, 1757754, 10738529, 6216305, 399954, 9916216, 968226, 11153058, 8221515, 7456883, 1403717

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