zerrieben

[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʁiːbn̩]

/[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʁiːbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“zerrieben” is uncommon German (frequency #86,087 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,087
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zerreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-zerrieben · zerrieben · German

zerrieben · rank #86,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,087
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zerplatzen

Nearest frequency peer: zerplatzen (-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 „zerrieben“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zerrieben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zerrieben
PropertyValue
Headwordzerrieben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʁiːbn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,087
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zerrieben“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zerriebenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zerplatzen“ (#86,086), „Zettelchen“ (#86,088), „Zerfalls“ (#86,085). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zerrieben“ bei #86,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zerrieben is uncommon German at frequency #86,087 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʁiːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zerrieben, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zerrieben, spelled Z-E-R-R-I-E-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zerreiben
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zerreiben
  3. 3
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zerreiben
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zerreiben

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zerrieben"?
"zerrieben" is spelled Z-E-R-R-I-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʁiːbn̩].
What does "zerrieben" mean?
As a verb, "zerrieben" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zerreiben
How do you pronounce "zerrieben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zerrieben" is [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʁiːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zerrieben" come from?
"zerrieben" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zerrieben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list