Polyglot Dictionary

versinken

/fɛɐ̯ˈzɪŋkn̩/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
versinkt
past
versank
perfect
ist versunken

Meaning

  1. to sink

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive

Similar words

einsacken

versinken means "to sink," literally; einsacken means "to sink in," and colloquially "to pocket," money — a related but distinct sense.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

afundar

afundar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to sink."

Practice

1 What does versinken mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Schiff ___ im Meer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches versinken?

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