zermalmen
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmalmən]
The verdict
“zermalmen” 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 zerdrücken, zerquetschen, durch Druck zerstören, zerkleinern
Corpus desk
Index DE-zermalmen · zermalmen · German
zermalmen · 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 | zermalmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmalmən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zermalmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zermalmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmalmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas zerdrücken, zerquetschen, durch Druck zerstören, zerkleinern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zermalmen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zermalmen, spelled Z-E-R-M-A-L-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas zerdrücken, zerquetschen, durch Druck zerstören, zerkleinern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zermalmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für den Kuchen müssen Nüsse zermalmt werden.
Die Schrottpresse hat das Auto zermalmt.
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.