# taken vs tönen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### taken
*adjective · IPA [ˈtakn̩] · frequency rank #42,860*
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak

### tönen
*verb · IPA [ˈtøːnən] · frequency rank #13,500*
hörbar sein

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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