versenken
German, verb
versenken is spelled V-E-R-S-E-N-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versenken is a German verb meaning “to sink (to cause to sink, e.g. a ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Versenken is a different word: “gerund of versenken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem anderen Objekt bündig verschwinden lassen”.
What does versenken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sink (to cause to sink, e.g. a ship)
- 2
to down (to pot a ball)
- 3
to score
den Ball im Tor versenken
- 4
to countersink, counterbore
noun
- 1
neutergerund of versenken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in einem anderen Objekt bündig verschwinden lassen 2. (Schiffe) untergehen lassen 3. sich in eine Tätigkeit vertiefen 4. (ins Tor) treffen
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 versenken
- versenkt present singular third-person
- versenkte past
- haben auxiliary
- versenkend participle present
- versenke first-person indicative present
- versenkst indicative present second-person
- versenkest second-person singular subjunctive
- versenket plural second-person subjunctive
- versenkten first-person indicative plural
- versenktest indicative preterite second-person
- versenktet indicative plural preterite
- versenk imperative second-person singular
- habe versenkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben versenkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- versenke! imperative singular
- versenkt! imperative plural
- versenkt haben active infinitive perfect
- versenkt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to versenken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versenken in German?
versenken appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).