zurücksinken
German, verb/t͡suˈʁʏkˌzɪŋkn̩/
zurücksinken is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-S-I-N-K-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 222,832nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zurücksinken is a German verb meaning “to sink back; to lean back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich nach hinten lehnen, nach hinten fallen (zum Beispiel in einem Sitzmöbel)”.
What does zurücksinken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sink back; to lean back
- 2
synonym of zurückfallen; to relapse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich nach hinten lehnen, nach hinten fallen (zum Beispiel in einem Sitzmöbel) 2. wieder in einen früheren Zustand geraten
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 zurücksinken
- sinkt zurück present singular third-person
- sank zurück past
- zurückgesunken participle past
- sänke zurück past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- zurücksinkend participle present
- zurückzusinken infinitive infinitive-zu
- sinke zurück first-person indicative present
- sinken zurück first-person indicative plural
- sinkst zurück indicative present second-person
- sinkest zurück second-person singular subjunctive
- sinket zurück plural second-person subjunctive
- sanken zurück first-person indicative plural
- sänken zurück first-person formal plural
- sankst zurück indicative preterite second-person
- sankt zurück indicative plural preterite
- sänkest zurück formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zurücksinken?
- /t͡suˈʁʏkˌzɪŋkn̩/
- [t͡suˈʁʏkˌzɪŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zurücksinken in German?
zurücksinken appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).