zerschiessen
German, verb
zerschiessen is spelled Z-E-R-S-C-H-I-E-S-S-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerschiessen is a German verb meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of zerschießen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zerschiessen is a different word: “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Zerschießen”.
What does zerschiessen mean in English?
verb
- 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of zerschießen
noun
- 1
SwitzerlandneuterSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Zerschießen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of zerschiessen
- zerschiesst present singular third-person
- zerschoss past
- zerschossen participle past
- zerschösse past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- zerschiessend participle present
- zerschiesse first-person indicative present
- zerschiessest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerschiesset plural second-person subjunctive
- zerschössen first-person formal plural
- zerschossest indicative preterite second-person
- zerschosst indicative preterite second-person
- zerschössest formal rare second-person
- zerschösst formal rare second-person
- zerschösset formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zerschiessen in German?
zerschiessen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).