zermahlen
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmaːlən]
The verdict
“zermahlen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #84,831 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #84,831
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit Hilfe eines Werkzeugs, zum Beispiel einer Mühle, in kleinste Teile zerlegen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zermahlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmaːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zermahlen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for zermahlen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmaːlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,831 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit Hilfe eines Werkzeugs, zum Beispiel einer Mühle, in kleinste Teile zerlegen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zermahlen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 zermahlen, spelled Z-E-R-M-A-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Hilfe eines Werkzeugs, zum Beispiel einer Mühle, in kleinste Teile zerlegen
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-R-M-A-H-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmaːlən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.