Zermürbungskrieg
German, noun/t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmʏʁbʊŋsˌkʁiːk/
Zermürbungskrieg is spelled Z-E-R-M-Ü-R-B-U-N-G-S-K-R-I-E-G (16 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zermürbungskrieg is a German masculine noun meaning “war of attrition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch lang anhaltende, zermürbende Kampfhandlungen gekennzeichneter Krieg”.
What does Zermürbungskrieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewar of attrition
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch lang anhaltende, zermürbende Kampfhandlungen gekennzeichneter Krieg
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 Zermürbungskrieg
- Zermürbungskrieges genitive
- Zermürbungskriegs genitive
- Zermürbungskriege plural
- Zermürbungskriegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zermürbungskrieg?
- /t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmʏʁbʊŋsˌkʁiːk/
- [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈmʏʁbʊŋsˌkʁiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zermürbungskrieg in German?
Zermürbungskrieg appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).