zerbrochen
German, adjective/t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɔxn̩/
zerbrochen is spelled Z-E-R-B-R-O-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerbrochen is a German adjective meaning “broken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of zerbrechen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Gewalteinwirkung in einzelne Teile zersprungen”.
What does zerbrochen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
broken
verb
- 1
past participle of zerbrechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch Gewalteinwirkung in einzelne Teile zersprungen
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 zerbrochen
- zerbrochener masculine nominative singular
- zerbrochene feminine nominative singular
- zerbrochenes neuter nominative singular
- zerbrochenen genitive masculine singular
- zerbrochenem dative masculine singular
- der zerbrochene definite includes-article masculine
- die zerbrochene definite feminine includes-article
- das zerbrochene definite includes-article neuter
- die zerbrochenen definite includes-article nominative
- des zerbrochenen definite genitive includes-article
- der zerbrochenen definite feminine genitive
- dem zerbrochenen dative definite includes-article
- den zerbrochenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zerbrochen?
- /t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɔxn̩/
- [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɔxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zerbrochen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zerbrochen in German?
zerbrochen appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).