versunken
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈzʊŋkn̩/
versunken is spelled V-E-R-S-U-N-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versunken is a German adjective meaning “sunken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of versinken. The German Wiktionary defines it as “irgendwo drin, zum Beispiel unter der Wasseroberfläche, verschwunden”.
What does versunken mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sunken
- 2
engrossed, immersed, rapt (in sense of rapt in thought)
adverb
- 1
in an engrossed manner, raptly (in sense of listened raptly)
verb
- 1
past participle of versinken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. irgendwo drin, zum Beispiel unter der Wasseroberfläche, verschwunden 2. in etwas sehr vertieft, auf etwas voll konzentriert und die Umwelt nicht beachtend
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 versunken
- versunkener masculine nominative singular
- versunkene feminine nominative singular
- versunkenes neuter nominative singular
- versunkenen genitive masculine singular
- versunkenem dative masculine singular
- der versunkene definite includes-article masculine
- die versunkene definite feminine includes-article
- das versunkene definite includes-article neuter
- die versunkenen definite includes-article nominative
- des versunkenen definite genitive includes-article
- der versunkenen definite feminine genitive
- dem versunkenen dative definite includes-article
- den versunkenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce versunken?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈzʊŋkn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈzʊŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to versunken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versunken in German?
versunken appears 1.8 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).