niederbrechen
German, verb
niederbrechen is spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Niederbrechen is a German verb meaning “to demolish, to tear down (with haben)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Niederbrechen is a different word: “gerund of niederbrechen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in Stücke teilen, zerbrechen, auflösen”.
What does niederbrechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to demolish, to tear down (with haben)
- 2
to collapse, to fall down (with sein)
- 3
Austriato collapse (of a person) (with sein)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of niederbrechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in Stücke teilen, zerbrechen, auflösen 2. sich in Stücke zerlegen und herabfallen
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 niederbrechen
- bricht nieder present singular third-person
- brach nieder past
- niedergebrochen participle past
- bräche nieder past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 4 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- niederbrechend participle present
- niederzubrechen infinitive infinitive-zu
- breche nieder first-person indicative present
- brechen nieder first-person indicative plural
- brichst nieder indicative present second-person
- brecht nieder indicative plural present
- brechest nieder second-person singular subjunctive
- brechet nieder plural second-person subjunctive
- brachen nieder first-person indicative plural
- brächen nieder first-person formal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is niederbrechen in German?
niederbrechen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).