Zersiedlung
German, noun
Zersiedlung is spelled Z-E-R-S-I-E-D-L-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zersiedlung is a German feminine noun meaning “urban sprawl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Zersiedlung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineurban sprawl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Zersiedlung
- Zersiedlungen plural
- Zersiedelung alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zersiedlung?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zersiedlung in German?
Zersiedlung appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).