auseinandernehmen
German, verb[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌneːmən]
auseinandernehmen is spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-N-E-H-M-E-N (17 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 70,098th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auseinandernehmen is a German verb meaning “to dismantle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einzelne Teile/Stücke zerlegen”.
What does auseinandernehmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dismantle
- 2
colloquialto thoroughly defeat
- 3
colloquialto thoroughly criticize
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in einzelne Teile/Stücke zerlegen 2. mit Leichtigkeit übertrumpfen und vernichtend besiegen 3. massiv kritisieren, Tadel üben
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 auseinandernehmen
- nimmt auseinander present singular third-person
- nahm auseinander past
- auseinandergenommen participle past
- nähme auseinander past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- auseinandernehmend participle present
- auseinanderzunehmen infinitive infinitive-zu
- nehme auseinander first-person indicative present
- nehmen auseinander first-person indicative plural
- nimmst auseinander indicative present second-person
- nehmt auseinander indicative plural present
- nehmest auseinander second-person singular subjunctive
- nehmet auseinander plural second-person subjunctive
- nahmen auseinander first-person indicative plural
- nähmen auseinander first-person plural subjunctive
- nahmst auseinander indicative preterite second-person
- nahmt auseinander indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auseinandernehmen?
- [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌneːmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to auseinandernehmen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auseinandernehmen in German?
auseinandernehmen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).