zerbomben
German, verb[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbɔmbn̩]
zerbomben is spelled Z-E-R-B-O-M-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerbomben is a German verb meaning “to destroy by bombing; to bomb to smithereens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch mehrere Bomben beziehungsweise Bombardierung (aus der Luft) schwer beschädigen oder zerstören”.
What does zerbomben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to destroy by bombing; to bomb to smithereens
zerbombte Städte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch mehrere Bomben beziehungsweise Bombardierung (aus der Luft) schwer beschädigen oder zerstören
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 zerbomben
- zerbombt present singular third-person
- zerbombte past
- haben auxiliary
- zerbombend participle present
- zerbombe first-person indicative present
- zerbombst indicative present second-person
- zerbombest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerbombet plural second-person subjunctive
- zerbombten first-person indicative plural
- zerbombtest indicative preterite second-person
- zerbombtet indicative plural preterite
- zerbomb imperative second-person singular
- habe zerbombt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben zerbombt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zerbomb! imperative singular
- zerbombe! imperative singular
- zerbombt! imperative plural
- zerbombt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zerbomben?
- [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbɔmbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zerbomben in German?
zerbomben appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).