zerrupfen
German, verb/t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʁʊp͡fn̩/
zerrupfen is spelled Z-E-R-R-U-P-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written German, the 564,542nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerrupfen is a German verb meaning “to tear apart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit den Fingern (rupfend) in einzelne, kleinere Teile zerteilen”.
What does zerrupfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tear apart
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit den Fingern (rupfend) in einzelne, kleinere Teile zerteilen
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 zerrupfen
- zerrupft present singular third-person
- zerrupfte past
- haben auxiliary
- zerrupfend participle present
- zerrupfe first-person indicative present
- zerrupfst indicative present second-person
- zerrupfest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerrupfet plural second-person subjunctive
- zerrupften first-person indicative plural
- zerrupftest indicative preterite second-person
- zerrupftet indicative plural preterite
- zerrupf imperative second-person singular
- habe zerrupft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben zerrupft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zerrupf! imperative singular
- zerrupfe! imperative singular
- zerrupft! imperative plural
- zerrupft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zerrupfen?
- /t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʁʊp͡fn̩/
- [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʁʊp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zerrupfen in German?
zerrupfen appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).