absinken
German, verb
absinken is spelled A-B-S-I-N-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absinken is a German verb meaning “to sink, slump or fall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Absinken is a different word: “subsidence”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in die Tiefe, nach unten sinken”.
What does absinken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sink, slump or fall
- 2
to plummet
noun
- 1
neutersubsidence
- 2
neuterdecline
noun
- 1
neutergerund of absinken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in die Tiefe, nach unten sinken 2. sich senken und dabei niedriger werden 3. niedriger, geringer werden 4. nachlassen, schlechter werden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of absinken
- Absinkens genitive
- sinkt ab present singular third-person
- sank ab past
- abgesunken participle past
- sänke ab past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- absinkend participle present
- abzusinken infinitive infinitive-zu
- sinke ab first-person indicative present
- sinken ab first-person indicative plural
- sinkst ab indicative present second-person
- sinkest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- sinket ab plural second-person subjunctive
- sanken ab first-person indicative plural
- sänken ab first-person formal plural
- sankst ab indicative preterite second-person
- sankt ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to absinken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absinken in German?
absinken appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).