zerbrechen
Meaning
- (class-4, strong, transitive) to break into pieces, to shatter, to snap (to cause an object to come apart into discrete pieces)
- (class-4, intransitive, strong) to break into pieces, to shatter (to come apart into discrete pieces)
- (class-4, intransitive, strong) to break into pieces, to shatter (to come apart into discrete pieces)
Concepts
break to pieces
be broken
smash to pieces
pick flowers
be folded
get torn
be smashed
be torn
Synonyms
in Stücke schlagen
kaputt gehen
zerknacken
entzweischlagen
in Stücke brechen
kaputt machen
auseinander fallen
auseinander bringen
Translations
casser
rompere
quebrar
breken
kırmak
quebrarFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
spängle
Basel-Landschaft
verbräche
Basel-Landschaft
verheie
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
[tsɐˈbʁɛçn̩]
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German zerbrëchen, ziprëchen (also as zoprëchen, zuprëchen, zurprëchen), from Old High German zibrëhhan, zirbrëhhan, from Proto-Germanic *tebrekaną, *twizbrekaną (“to break apart, break in two”), equivalent to zer- + brechen. Cognate with archaic English tobreak.
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