# winden vs winke

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### winden
*verb · IPA [ˈvɪndn̩] · frequency rank #23,377*
etwas drehen, wickeln

### winke
*verb · IPA [ˈvɪŋkə] · frequency rank #32,873*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs winken

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