# des vs dim

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### des
*determiner · IPA [dɛs] · frequency rank #23*
[1] Genitiv Singular von der und das

### dim
*verb · IPA [dɪm] · frequency rank #45,858*
abdunkeln, abblenden, dimmen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/des-vs-dim