This is the 12989th most frequent Swedish word.
sänk
"Sänk" in Swedish means "sink" or "lower" depending on the context.
Here, 'sänk' acts as an imperative verb from the verb 'sänka,' meaning 'to lower' or 'to reduce'.
Sänk ljusstyrkan på skärmen, den är för stark.
Lower the brightness of the screen, it's too intense.
In this sentence, 'sänktes' is used as a passive past tense of the verb 'sänka,' indicating that the sea level was reduced without a specific agent.
Havet sänktes gradvis efter stormen.
The sea level gradually lowered after the storm.
Here, 'sänker' is the present tense form of 'sänka,' meaning 'to lower,' performed by the subject 'Hon' (she).