zerstückeln
German, verb
zerstückeln is spelled Z-E-R-S-T-Ü-C-K-E-L-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerstückeln is a German verb meaning “to dismember” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zerstückeln is a different word: “gerund of zerstückeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einzelne kleinere Teile (Stücke) trennen”.
What does zerstückeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dismember
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zerstückeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in einzelne kleinere Teile (Stücke) trennen
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 zerstückeln
- zerstückelt present singular third-person
- zerstückelte past
- haben auxiliary
- zerstückelnd participle present
- zerstückle first-person indicative present
- zerstückele first-person indicative present
- zerstückel first-person indicative present
- zerstückelst indicative present second-person
- zerstückelest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerstücklest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerstückelet plural second-person subjunctive
- zerstücklet plural second-person subjunctive
- zerstückelten first-person indicative plural
- zerstückeltest indicative preterite second-person
- zerstückeltet indicative plural preterite
- zerstückele! imperative singular
- zerstückle! imperative singular
- zerstückelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zerstückeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zerstückeln in German?
zerstückeln 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).