zermartern
German, verb
zermartern is spelled Z-E-R-M-A-R-T-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zermartern is a German verb meaning “to torture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zermartern is a different word: “gerund of zermartern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schmerz/Pein/Qual verursachen/zufügen”.
What does zermartern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to torture
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zermartern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Schmerz/Pein/Qual verursachen/zufügen 2. (ergebnislos) lange und angestrengt nachdenken
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 zermartern
- zermartert present singular third-person
- zermarterte past
- haben auxiliary
- zermarternd participle present
- zermartre first-person indicative present
- zermartere first-person indicative present
- zermarter first-person indicative present
- zermarterst indicative present second-person
- zermarterest second-person singular subjunctive
- zermartrest second-person singular subjunctive
- zermarteret plural second-person subjunctive
- zermartret plural second-person subjunctive
- zermarterten first-person indicative plural
- zermartertest indicative preterite second-person
- zermartertet indicative plural preterite
- zermarter! imperative singular
- zermartere! imperative singular
- zermartert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zermartern in German?
zermartern appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).