GERMAN · B2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

versinken

sink into

Der schwere Wagen versank im weichen Boden und musste abgeschleppt werden.

The heavy vehicle sank into the soft ground and had to be towed out.

become absorbed in

Beim Lesen versinkt sie oft so tief in Gedanken, dass sie ihre Umgebung vergisst.

When reading, she often becomes so deeply lost in thought that she forgets her surroundings.

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