zerlassen
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩]
The verdict
“zerlassen” 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) - etwas Festes flüssig werden lassen, sich auflösen lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerlassen · zerlassen · German
zerlassen · 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 | zerlassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zerlassen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zerlassen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas Festes flüssig werden lassen, sich auflösen lassen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zerlassen in our index, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zerlassen, spelled Z-E-R-L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas Festes flüssig werden lassen, sich auflösen lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zerlassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In diesem Rezept steht, man soll zunächst die Butter in einem Topf zerlassen und dann die Schalotten darin andünsten.
This word in other languages
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.