auseinanderbrechen

[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌbʁɛçn̩]

/[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌbʁɛçn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“auseinanderbrechen” is uncommon German (frequency #70,034 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,034
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas in Stücke brechen

Corpus desk

Index DE-auseinanderbrechen · auseinanderbrechen · German

auseinanderbrechen · rank #70,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,034
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ausdrucksstar…

Nearest frequency peer: ausdrucksstarken (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „auseinanderbrechen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „auseinanderbrechen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auseinanderbrechen
PropertyValue
Headwordauseinanderbrechen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌbʁɛçn̩]
Letters18
Frequency rank#70,034
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „auseinanderbrechen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.auseinanderbrechenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ausdrucksstarken“ (#70,033), „auseinandernehmen“ (#70,035), „ausgelassenen“ (#70,036). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auseinanderbrechen“ bei #70,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auseinanderbrechen is uncommon German at frequency #70,034 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌbʁɛçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for auseinanderbrechen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is auseinanderbrechen, spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas in Stücke brechen
  2. 2
    in Stücke zerfallen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how auseinanderbrechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In der Mitte der schmalen Straße ... stand einer auf den ausgetretenen Treppenstufen – eine Enaksgestalt, ein Mann mit einem brandfuchsroten Bärtchen unter der Nase und mit Fäusten, denen man zumuten konnte, ein hartes Talerstück auseinanderzubrechen.
  2. Den Spielern war das aber zu kindisch. Deshalb schlich sich eines Nachts Patzke in den Geräteschuppen, in dem das lästige „Indianer-Spielzeug“ aufbewahrt wurde und brach sämtliche Pfeile und Bogen auseinander.

Synonyms

aufbrechenaufreißenzerbrechenaufplatzenauseinanderfallenauseinandergehenzerbröckelnauflösen

Antonyms

sinternzusammenbackenzusammenkleben

This word in other languages

break(English)romper(Español)casser(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auseinanderbrechen"?
"auseinanderbrechen" is spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌbʁɛçn̩].
What does "auseinanderbrechen" mean?
As a verb, "auseinanderbrechen" means: etwas in Stücke brechen
How do you pronounce "auseinanderbrechen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auseinanderbrechen" is [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌbʁɛçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auseinanderbrechen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "auseinanderbrechen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list