# sinken vs sinnen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### sinken
*verb · IPA [ˈzɪŋkn̩] · frequency rank #5,763*
untergehen

### sinnen
*verb · IPA [ˈzɪnən] · frequency rank #15,747*
nachdenken, grübeln

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sinken-vs-sinnen