zerschunden
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃʊndn̩]
The verdict
“zerschunden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Gebrauch oder Beschädigung sehr beeinträchtigt oder sogar zerstört
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerschunden · zerschunden · German
zerschunden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zerschunden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃʊndn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zerschunden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zerschunden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃʊndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Gebrauch oder Beschädigung sehr beeinträchtigt oder sogar zerstört".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zerschunden, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zerschunden, spelled Z-E-R-S-C-H-U-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Gebrauch oder Beschädigung sehr beeinträchtigt oder sogar zerstört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerschunden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jemand riss ihm das zerfetzte Hemd vom zerschundenen Rücken.
„Noch einmal, wie um ein letztes Mal um Gehör und Mitgefühl für seine vibrierende, zerschundene Seele zu bitten, hebt er seine Hand, bis sie langsam auf den kalten Steinboden heruntersinkt und sein Herz ihm seinen Dienst versagt.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.