zunichtemachen
German, verb[t͡suˈnɪçtəˌmaχn̩]
zunichtemachen is spelled Z-U-N-I-C-H-T-E-M-A-C-H-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zunichtemachen is a German verb meaning “to ruin, to dash, to defeat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Scheitern bringen”.
What does zunichtemachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ruin, to dash, to defeat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zum Scheitern bringen
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 zunichtemachen
- macht zunichte present singular third-person
- machte zunichte past
- zunichtegemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zunichtemachend participle present
- zunichtezumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache zunichte first-person indicative present
- machen zunichte first-person indicative plural
- machst zunichte indicative present second-person
- machest zunichte second-person singular subjunctive
- machet zunichte plural second-person subjunctive
- machten zunichte first-person indicative plural
- machtest zunichte indicative preterite second-person
- machtet zunichte indicative plural preterite
- zunichte machen obsolete
- mache zunichte! imperative singular
- mach zunichte! imperative singular
- macht zunichte! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zunichtemachen?
- [t͡suˈnɪçtəˌmaχn̩]
- [t͡suˈnɪçtəˌmaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zunichtemachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zunichtemachen in German?
zunichtemachen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).