zerdrückt
[ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkt]
The verdict
“zerdrückt” is uncommon German (frequency #64,902 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,902
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zerdrücken
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zerdrückt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zerdrückt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zerdrückt is uncommon German at frequency #64,902 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zerdrücken".
Zero misspellings are on record for zerdrückt in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 zerdrückt, spelled Z-E-R-D-R-Ü-C-K-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zerdrücken
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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Using “zerdrückt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-R-D-R-Ü-C-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.