zerstörter
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːɐ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“zerstörter” is uncommon German (frequency #84,834 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,834
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zerstört
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zerstörter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːɐ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zerstörter” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zerstörter is uncommon German at frequency #84,834 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːɐ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zerstörter, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zerstörter, spelled Z-E-R-S-T-Ö-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zerstört
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zerstört
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zerstört
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zerstört
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zerstört
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “zerstörter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-R-S-T-Ö-R-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːɐ̯tɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.