zerkochen
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈkɔxn̩]
The verdict
“zerkochen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch langes Erhitzen zerfallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerkochen · zerkochen · German
zerkochen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | zerkochen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈkɔxn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zerkochen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zerkochen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈkɔxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zerkochen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zerkochen, spelled Z-E-R-K-O-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch langes Erhitzen zerfallen
- 2durch langes Erhitzen zerfallen lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerkochen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„An Mehl sind sie sehr reich, zerkochen aber nicht leicht.“
„Man kann auch alles zusammen ins Wasser schütten, aber dann sind die Paradeiser halt schon zerkocht, wenn die Erdäpfel noch hart sind.“
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.