zusammenkrachen
[t͡suˈzamənˌkʁaxn̩]
The verdict
“zusammenkrachen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schnell und deutlich sichtbar/hörbar einstürzen/zerstört werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-zusammenkrachen · zusammenkrachen · German
zusammenkrachen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zusammenkrachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈzamənˌkʁaxn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zusammenkrachen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zusammenkrachen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈzamənˌkʁaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
zusammenkrachen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zusammenkrachen, spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-K-R-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1schnell und deutlich sichtbar/hörbar einstürzen/zerstört werden
- 2mit Geschwindigkeit und deutlich sichtbar/hörbar aufeinanderprallen; lautstark streiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zusammenkrachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der ganze Hühnerstall ist zusammengekracht, als der Bauer mit dem Trecker dagegenfuhr.
Ihr ganzes, schönes Finanzierungsmodell ist zusammengekracht, als die Bank plötzlich mehr Sicherheiten wollte.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.