herzzerreißend
[ˈhɛʁt͡st͡sɛɐ̯ˌʁaɪ̯sənt]
The verdict
“herzzerreißend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tiefstes Mitgefühl erweckend
Corpus desk
Index DE-herzzerrei-end · herzzerreißend · German
herzzerreißend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herzzerreißend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡st͡sɛɐ̯ˌʁaɪ̯sənt] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herzzerreißend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herzzerreißend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɛʁt͡st͡sɛɐ̯ˌʁaɪ̯sənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tiefstes Mitgefühl erweckend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for herzzerreißend, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is herzzerreißend, spelled H-E-R-Z-Z-E-R-R-E-I-S-S-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1tiefstes Mitgefühl erweckend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herzzerreißend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Ende von Titanic musste ich weinen, weil es so herzzerreißend war!
Der arme Hund war angefahren worden. Es war so herzzerreißend, als der Arzt ihn einschläferte.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.