funke

Danish

Etymology

From Swedish funka, similar slang which is a shortening of funktionera (“to function, to work”). The surface etymology of funke is a shortening of fungere, which is suggested by the alternative form funge.

Verb

funke (imperative funk, infinitive at funke, present tense funker, past tense funkede, perfect tense har funket)

  1. (slang) to work well; to work out
    • 1993, Kosmorama
      Den funker bare i kraft af sin fuldkomment gennemsigtige opdeling af rummet.
      It just works really well through its completely transparent division of the room.
    • 2012, Lars Kjædegaard, Den røde labyrint: En Hvid & Belling-krimi, Rosinante & Co →ISBN
      Vi prøvede. Men hun ... det funkede ikke.
      We tried. But she ... it didn't work out.

Conjugation
Inflection of funke
present past
simple funker funkede
perfect har funket havde funket
passive funkes funkedes
participle funkende funket
imperative funk —
infinitive funke —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund funken —

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