zerkratzen
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈkʁat͡sn̩]
The verdict
“zerkratzen” is uncommon German (frequency #89,859 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,859
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beschädigen, indem Riefen (Kratzer) zugefügt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerkratzen · zerkratzen · German
zerkratzen · rank #89,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,859
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zerfrisst
Nearest frequency peer: zerfrisst (-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 „zerkratzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zeitungsber…
Zeitungsberichte
10,145 corpus weight
- Zeitzeugin
Zeitzeugin
10,144 corpus weight
- zerfrisst
zerfrisst
10,143 corpus weight
- zerkratzen
zerkratzen
10,142 corpus weight
- Zschopau
Zschopau
10,140 corpus weight
- zuckerfrei
zuckerfrei
10,139 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zerkratzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zerkratzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈkʁat͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zerkratzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zerkratzen is uncommon German at frequency #89,859 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈkʁat͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "beschädigen, indem Riefen (Kratzer) zugefügt werden".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zerkratzen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 zerkratzen, spelled Z-E-R-K-R-A-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1beschädigen, indem Riefen (Kratzer) zugefügt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerkratzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die beiden alleine gelassenen Katzen haben die Tapete zerkratzt.
Beim Himbeerpflücken habe ich mir die Hand zerkratzt.
Antonyms
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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