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zerstossen

German, verb

zerstossen is spelled Z-E-R-S-T-O-S-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerstossen is a German verb meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of zerstoßen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zerstossen is a different word: “gerund of zerstossen”.

What does zerstossen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of zerstoßen

noun

as Zerstossen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of zerstossen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of zerstossen

  • zerstösst present singular third-person
  • zerstiess past
  • haben auxiliary
  • 7 strong
  • zerstossend participle present
  • zerstosse first-person indicative present
  • zerstosst indicative plural present
  • zerstossest second-person singular subjunctive
  • zerstosset plural second-person subjunctive
  • zerstiessen first-person indicative plural
  • zerstiesse first-person formal rare
  • zerstiessest indicative preterite second-person
  • zerstiesst indicative preterite second-person
  • zerstiesset formal plural rare
  • zerstoss imperative second-person singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is zerstossen in German?

zerstossen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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