zermürbt
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmʏʁpt]
The verdict
“zermürbt” is uncommon German (frequency #74,214 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,214
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angeschlagene seelische (und körperliche) Kräfte habend, nicht mehr belastbar
Corpus desk
Index DE-zermurbt · zermürbt · German
zermürbt · rank #74,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,214
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zentralorgan
Nearest frequency peer: Zentralorgan (-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 „zermürbt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zaubersprüc…
Zaubersprüche
25,790 corpus weight
- zeitgenössi…
zeitgenössisches
25,789 corpus weight
- Zentralorgan
Zentralorgan
25,788 corpus weight
- zermürbt
zermürbt
25,787 corpus weight
- zerstreute
zerstreute
25,786 corpus weight
- Zigeunerin
Zigeunerin
25,785 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zermürbt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zermürbt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmʏʁpt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zermürbt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zermürbt is uncommon German at frequency #74,214 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmʏʁpt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "angeschlagene seelische (und körperliche) Kräfte habend, nicht mehr belastbar".
Zero misspellings are on record for zermürbt in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zermürbt, spelled Z-E-R-M-Ü-R-B-T.
Definition
- 1angeschlagene seelische (und körperliche) Kräfte habend, nicht mehr belastbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zermürbt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Truppen waren durch die Taktik, der ständigen, kurzzeitigen und heftigen Angriffe, besonders während der Nachtstunden, völlig zermürbt und demoralisiert.
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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