zerfleischen

[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃn̩]

/[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“zerfleischen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,054 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,054
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die erjagte Beute mit den Zähnen, dem Schnabel oder den Klauen zerreißen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zerfleischen · zerfleischen · German

zerfleischen · rank #55,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,054
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zeltplatz

Nearest frequency peer: Zeltplatz (-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 „zerfleischen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zerfleischen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zerfleischen
PropertyValue
Headwordzerfleischen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#55,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zerfleischen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zerfleischenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zeltplatz“ (#55,053), „zerstörerische“ (#55,055), „Zeitverschiebung“ (#55,052). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zerfleischen“ bei #55,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zerfleischen is uncommon German at frequency #55,054 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die erjagte Beute mit den Zähnen, dem Schnabel oder den Klauen zerreißen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zerfleischen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zerfleischen, spelled Z-E-R-F-L-E-I-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die erjagte Beute mit den Zähnen, dem Schnabel oder den Klauen zerreißen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how zerfleischen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sobald Löwen ihre Beute gerissen hatten, wurde sie zerfleischt.
  2. Die Wölfe zerfleischten sich gegenseitig.

Synonyms

zerfetzen

This word in other languages

desgarrar(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zerfleischen"?
"zerfleischen" is spelled Z-E-R-F-L-E-I-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃn̩].
What does "zerfleischen" mean?
As a verb, "zerfleischen" means: die erjagte Beute mit den Zähnen, dem Schnabel oder den Klauen zerreißen
How do you pronounce "zerfleischen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zerfleischen" is [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zerfleischen" come from?
"zerfleischen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zerfleischen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list