zersplittern
German, verb
zersplittern is spelled Z-E-R-S-P-L-I-T-T-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zersplittern is a German verb meaning “to splinter, to smash, to shatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zersplittern is a different word: “gerund of zersplittern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in viele kleine Teile zerfallen”.
What does zersplittern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to splinter, to smash, to shatter
- 2
to break up, to balkanize
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zersplittern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in viele kleine Teile zerfallen 2. in Splitter zerschlagen
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 zersplittern
- zersplittert present singular third-person
- zersplitterte past
- haben auxiliary
- zersplitternd participle present
- zersplittre first-person indicative present
- zersplittere first-person indicative present
- zersplitter first-person indicative present
- zersplitterst indicative present second-person
- zersplitterest second-person singular subjunctive
- zersplittrest second-person singular subjunctive
- zersplitteret plural second-person subjunctive
- zersplittret plural second-person subjunctive
- zersplitterten first-person indicative plural
- zersplittertest indicative preterite second-person
- zersplittertet indicative plural preterite
- zersplitter! imperative singular
- zersplittere! imperative singular
- zersplittert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zersplittern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zersplittern in German?
zersplittern appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).