zerfasern
German, verb
zerfasern is spelled Z-E-R-F-A-S-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerfasern is a German verb meaning “to fray out, to unravel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zerfasern is a different word: “gerund of zerfasern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich im Laufe der Zeit durch Abnutzung in Fäden/Gewebeteile (Fasern) zerlegen; in seine Bestandteile zerfallen”.
What does zerfasern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fray out, to unravel
- 2
to unravel
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zerfasern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich im Laufe der Zeit durch Abnutzung in Fäden/Gewebeteile (Fasern) zerlegen; in seine Bestandteile zerfallen 2. (ein Textil) in seine Bestandteile/Fäden (Fasern) zerteilen
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 zerfasern
- zerfasert present singular third-person
- zerfaserte past
- sein auxiliary
- zerfasernd participle present
- zerfasre first-person indicative present
- zerfasere first-person indicative present
- zerfaser first-person indicative present
- zerfaserst indicative present second-person
- zerfaserest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerfasrest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerfaseret plural second-person subjunctive
- zerfasret plural second-person subjunctive
- zerfaserten first-person indicative plural
- zerfasertest indicative preterite second-person
- zerfasertet indicative plural preterite
- zerfaser! imperative singular
- zerfasere! imperative singular
- zerfasert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zerfasern in German?
zerfasern appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).