sinking

sinking
1. adjective
1) sinkend
2) (declining) untergehend [Sonne]
3) (falling in value) sinkend
4)

with a sinking heart — (fig.) beklommen; resigniert

2. noun
1) (of ship) (deliberate) Versenkung, die; (accidental) Sinken, das; Untergang, der; (of well) Niederbringung, die
2) attrib.

a sinking feeling — (fig.) ein flaues Gefühl [im Magen]

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sink·ing
[ˈsɪŋkɪŋ]
adj attr, inv
1. (not floating) sinkend
2. (emotion)
that goal revived the \sinking spirits of the team das Tor brachte neuen Schwung in die angeschlagene Mannschaft
a \sinking feeling ein flaues Gefühl [in der Magengegend]
with a \sinking heart resigniert
3. attr (declining) sinkend, fallend
4.
to leave the \sinking ship das sinkende Schiff verlassen
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['sIŋkɪŋ]
1. n
(of ship) Untergang m; (deliberately) Versenkung f; (of shaft) Senken nt, Abteufen nt (spec); (of well) Bohren nt
2. adj (FIN)
currency fallend

a sinking ship (lit, fig) — ein sinkendes Schiff

with (a) sinking heart — schweren Herzens

he realized with a sinking heart that ... — das Herz wurde ihm schwer, als er merkte, dass ...

sinking feeling — flaues Gefühl (im Magen) (inf)

I got a horrible sinking feeling when I realized ... — mir wurde ganz anders, als ich erkannte ...

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sinking
A s
1. (Ein-, Ver)Sinken n
2. Versenken n
3. auch sinking in the stomach flaues Gefühl im Magen (a. fig)
4. MED Senkung f (eines Organs)
5. WIRTSCH Tilgung f (einer Schuld)
B adj
1. sinkend (auch Kräfte, Mut etc):
sinking feeling A 3
2. WIRTSCH Tilgungs…:
sinking fund Tilgungs-, Amortisationsfonds m
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1. adjective
1) sinkend
2) (declining) untergehend [Sonne]
3) (falling in value) sinkend
4)

with a sinking heart — (fig.) beklommen; resigniert

2. noun
1) (of ship) (deliberate) Versenkung, die; (accidental) Sinken, das; Untergang, der; (of well) Niederbringung, die
2) attrib.

a sinking feeling — (fig.) ein flaues Gefühl [im Magen]

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n.
Versenkung f.

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