zerlesen
German, verb
zerlesen is spelled Z-E-R-L-E-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerlesen is a German verb meaning “to wear out a book” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zerlesen is a different word: “gerund of zerlesen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Buch durch Knicken, Eselsohren oder allgemeine Benutzungsspuren verschleißen”.
What does zerlesen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wear out a book
Ein zerlesenes Buch
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zerlesen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Buch durch Knicken, Eselsohren oder allgemeine Benutzungsspuren verschleißen
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 zerlesen
- zerliest present singular third-person
- zerlas past
- zerläse past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- zerlesend participle present
- zerlese first-person indicative present
- zerlest indicative plural present
- zerlesest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerleset plural second-person subjunctive
- zerlasen first-person indicative plural
- zerläsen first-person formal plural
- zerlasest indicative preterite second-person
- zerlast indicative preterite second-person
- zerläsest formal rare second-person
- zerläst formal rare second-person
- zerläset formal plural rare
- zerlies imperative second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zerlesen in German?
zerlesen appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).