eintunken
German, verb
eintunken is spelled E-I-N-T-U-N-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eintunken is a German verb meaning “to dip into (e.g., a piece of food into a sauce)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Eintunken is a different word: “gerund of eintunken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in eine Flüssigkeit tauchen”.
What does eintunken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dip into (e.g., a piece of food into a sauce)
- 2
Austriainformalto denigrate, to implicate, to embarrass someone
noun
- 1
neutergerund of eintunken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in eine Flüssigkeit tauchen 2. mit gesenktem Kopf leicht einschlafen, einnicken 3. in eine unangenehme Lage bringen, verraten
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 eintunken
- tunkt ein present singular third-person
- tunkte ein past
- eingetunkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- eintunkend participle present
- einzutunken infinitive infinitive-zu
- tunke ein first-person indicative present
- tunken ein first-person indicative plural
- tunkst ein indicative present second-person
- tunkest ein second-person singular subjunctive
- tunket ein plural second-person subjunctive
- tunkten ein first-person indicative plural
- tunktest ein indicative preterite second-person
- tunktet ein indicative plural preterite
- tunk ein! imperative singular
- tunke ein! imperative singular
- tunkt ein! imperative plural
- eingetunkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to eintunken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eintunken in German?
eintunken appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).