Irregular verb · #115 by frequency

shrink — past tense and past participle

Baseshrinkʃrɪŋk

Past simpleshrankʃræŋk

Past participleshrunkʃrʌŋk

In a sentence

Base: Wool sweaters can shrink in hot water.

Past simple: My favorite shirt shrank in the dryer.

Past participle: The lake has shrunk noticeably over the past decade.

Españolencoger

Françaisrétrécir

Русскийсжиматься

Українськастискатися

Deutschschrumpfen

Portuguêsencolher

Italianorestringersi

Polskikurczyć się

Türkçeküçülmek

Pattern

i → a → u

The classic ringing family: begin / began / begun, sing / sang / sung. Rhymes hard, which is exactly where audio drilling wins.

Same pattern