# taking vs thing

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### taking
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #47,767*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs take

### thing
*noun · IPA [θɪŋ] · frequency rank #18,088*
ein materielles Objekt, ohne Bewusstsein

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