zerbrechen
\t͡sɐ.ˈbʁɛ.çən\
The verdict
“zerbrechen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se briser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zerbrechen · zerbrechen · French
zerbrechen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | zerbrechen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \t͡sɐ.ˈbʁɛ.çən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zerbrechen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \t͡sɐ.ˈbʁɛ.çən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zerbrechen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is zerbrechen, spelled Z-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Se briser.
- 2Se briser.
- 3Briser, casser, fracasser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerbrechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Vase fiel vom Regal und zerbrach.
Ich wickelte das Glas in Blasenfolie ein, damit es nicht zerbricht.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.