kaputtmachen
German, verb
kaputtmachen is spelled K-A-P-U-T-T-M-A-C-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaputtmachen is a German verb meaning “to break” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kaputtmachen is a different word: “gerund of kaputtmachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zerstören”.
What does kaputtmachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto break
- 2
colloquialto spoil, ruin, damage, destroy
noun
- 1
neutergerund of kaputtmachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zerstören 2. sich ganz oder teilweise ruinieren
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 kaputtmachen
- macht kaputt present singular third-person
- machte kaputt past
- kaputtgemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kaputtmachend participle present
- kaputtzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache kaputt first-person indicative present
- machen kaputt first-person indicative plural
- machst kaputt indicative present second-person
- machest kaputt second-person singular subjunctive
- machet kaputt plural second-person subjunctive
- machten kaputt first-person indicative plural
- machtest kaputt indicative preterite second-person
- machtet kaputt indicative plural preterite
- kaputt machen alternative
- mach kaputt! imperative singular
- mache kaputt! imperative singular
- macht kaputt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kaputtmachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kaputtmachen in German?
kaputtmachen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).