zerdeppern
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈdɛpɐn]
The verdict
“zerdeppern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (etwas Hartes) durch Schlag zum Zerspringen bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerdeppern · zerdeppern · German
zerdeppern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zerdeppern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈdɛpɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zerdeppern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zerdeppern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈdɛpɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(etwas Hartes) durch Schlag zum Zerspringen bringen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zerdeppern in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zerdeppern, spelled Z-E-R-D-E-P-P-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1(etwas Hartes) durch Schlag zum Zerspringen bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerdeppern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voller Wut zerdepperte sie die Vase auf dem Küchentisch, so dass die Splitter bis ins Wohnzimmer flogen.
„Sie zerdepperten ein paar Teller und warfen Lebensmittel herum.“
Antonyms
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.