Zermürbung
German, noun/t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmʏʁbʊŋ/
Zermürbung is spelled Z-E-R-M-Ü-R-B-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zermürbung is a German feminine noun meaning “attrition, wearing down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorgang, die körperliche/seelische Belastbarkeit/Widerstandskraft (einer Person, einer Gruppe, …) langsam…”.
What does Zermürbung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattrition, wearing down
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorgang, die körperliche/seelische Belastbarkeit/Widerstandskraft (einer Person, einer Gruppe, …) langsam zunichtezumachen 2. Vorgang, bei dem ein Material, ein Gegenstand, ein Stoff, … brüchig/zerbrechlich wird
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 Zermürbung
- Zermürbungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zermürbung?
- /t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmʏʁbʊŋ/
- [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmʏʁbʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zermürbung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zermürbung in German?
Zermürbung appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).