zerpflücken
German, verb[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈp͡flʏkn̩]
zerpflücken is spelled Z-E-R-P-F-L-Ü-C-K-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerpflücken is a German verb meaning “to pluck to pieces (e.g. a flower one petal at a time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas restlos in kleine Stücke teilen”.
What does zerpflücken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pluck to pieces (e.g. a flower one petal at a time)
- 2
to pick to pieces (to criticize or argue against something thoroughly)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas restlos in kleine Stücke teilen 2. etwas gründlich widerlegen oder kritisieren
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 zerpflücken
- zerpflückt present singular third-person
- zerpflückte past
- haben auxiliary
- zerpflückend participle present
- zerpflücke first-person indicative present
- zerpflückst indicative present second-person
- zerpflückest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerpflücket plural second-person subjunctive
- zerpflückten first-person indicative plural
- zerpflücktest indicative preterite second-person
- zerpflücktet indicative plural preterite
- zerpflück imperative second-person singular
- habe zerpflückt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben zerpflückt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zerpflücke! imperative singular
- zerpflück! imperative singular
- zerpflückt! imperative plural
- zerpflückt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zerpflücken?
- [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈp͡flʏkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zerpflücken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zerpflücken in German?
zerpflücken appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).