zermahlen
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmaːlən]
The verdict
“zermahlen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,831 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,831
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Hilfe eines Werkzeugs, zum Beispiel einer Mühle, in kleinste Teile zerlegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zermahlen · zermahlen · German
zermahlen · rank #84,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,831
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zensuren
Nearest frequency peer: Zensuren (-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 „zermahlen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zeder
Zeder
15,173 corpus weight
- Zensuren
Zensuren
15,171 corpus weight
- zermahlen
zermahlen
15,170 corpus weight
- zermalmt
zermalmt
15,169 corpus weight
- zerstöreris…
zerstörerisch
15,168 corpus weight
- zerstörter
zerstörter
15,167 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zermahlen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zermahlen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zermahlen is uncommon German at frequency #84,831 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmaːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zermahlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hirsekörner werden zwischen zwei Steinscheiben zermahlen.
„Helmut schlurfte durch die Küche, machte sich an der Kaffeemühle zu schaffen, die knirschend verkündete, dass sie harte Bohnen zu Pulver zermahlte.“
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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