zerdrücken
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩]
The verdict
“zerdrücken” is uncommon German (frequency #66,898 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,898
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch (zu viel) Druck zerstören
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerdrucken · zerdrücken · German
zerdrücken · rank #66,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,898
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zellkern
Nearest frequency peer: Zellkern (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „zerdrücken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zeitgenössi…
zeitgenössisch
33,106 corpus weight
- Zeitwert
Zeitwert
33,105 corpus weight
- Zellkern
Zellkern
33,104 corpus weight
- zerdrücken
zerdrücken
33,103 corpus weight
- ziehenden
ziehenden
33,101 corpus weight
- Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
33,098 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zerdrücken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zerdrücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zerdrücken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zerdrücken is uncommon German at frequency #66,898 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zerdrücken, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is zerdrücken, spelled Z-E-R-D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch (zu viel) Druck zerstören
- 2aus der Form bringen, Falten verursachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerdrücken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie zerdrückte die Blaubeeren mit der Gabel.
Sei vorsichtig, sonst zerdrückst du noch das Ei!
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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