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spurlos versenkt
‖ spurlos versenkt, adj. phr. (ˈʃpuːrloːs fərˈzɛŋkt) [Ger., = sunk without trace.] Sunk without trace; usu. fig., done for, lost from sight. Hence occas. (with partial translation) sunk spurlos. Cf. to sink without trace s.v. sink v. 1 a. The phrase became widely known as a result of the publication...
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Karl von Luxburg
These dispatches urged that certain neutral Argentine ships should be "spurlos versenkt" — destroyed without a trace.
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sink | Etymology of sink by etymonline
Nov 19, 2022To sink without a trace is World War I military jargon, translating German spurlos versenkt. sink (n.) early 15c., "cesspool, pit for reception of wastewater or sewage," from sink (v.). The meaning "drain for carrying water to a sink" is from late 15c., and the sense of "shallow basin (especially in a kitchen) with a drainpipe for carrying off ...
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sunk
▪ I. sunk, n. Sc. and north. dial. (sʌŋk) Also 6–9 sonk. [Origin unknown.] 1. A seat of turf.1513 Douglas æneis iii. iv. 30 Syne efter, endlang the see costis bay, Wp sonkis [we] set, and desis did array. Ibid. v. vii. 44 Tho gan the grave Acest with wordis chyde Entellus, sat on the greyn sonk hym ...
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sink
▪ I. sink, n.1 (sɪŋk) Forms: 5–6 synke (5 cynke), 6 syncke, synk; 6–7 sin(c)ke, sinck, 6– sink. [f. sink v. Cf. LG. and G. dial. sinke a hollow or depression in the ground; Fris. sink sinker on a net. Kilian gives ‘Sincke. vetus. Cloaca, latrina. Ang. sincke’; but there is no independent evidence fo...
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