zersingen
German, verb
zersingen is spelled Z-E-R-S-I-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written German, the 610,218th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zersingen is a German verb meaning “to break through singing (e.g. glass)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zersingen is a different word: “gerund of zersingen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Springen/Platzen bringen, indem ein hoher Ton einer bestimmten Frequenz gesungen wird”.
What does zersingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break through singing (e.g. glass)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zersingen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zum Springen/Platzen bringen, indem ein hoher Ton einer bestimmten Frequenz gesungen wird 2. im Laufe der Zeit in Text und/oder Melodie (leicht) abwandeln
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 zersingen
- zersingt present singular third-person
- zersang past
- zersungen participle past
- zersänge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- zersingend participle present
- zersinge first-person indicative present
- zersingst indicative present second-person
- zersingest second-person singular subjunctive
- zersinget plural second-person subjunctive
- zersangen first-person indicative plural
- zersängen first-person formal plural
- zersangst indicative preterite second-person
- zersangt indicative plural preterite
- zersängest formal rare second-person
- zersängst formal rare second-person
- zersänget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zersingen in German?
zersingen appears about once in every 93 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).