zerbrechen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German zerbrechen, ziprechen (also as zoprechen, zuprechen, zurprechen), from Old High German zibrehhan zirbrehhan, from Proto-Germanic *tebrekaną, *twizbrekaną (“to break apart, break in two”), equivalent to zer- + brechen. Cognate with archaic English tobreak.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editzerbrechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present zerbricht, past tense zerbrach, past participle zerbrochen, past subjunctive zerbräche, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | zerbrechen | ||||
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present participle | zerbrechend | ||||
past participle | zerbrochen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zerbreche | wir zerbrechen | i | ich zerbreche | wir zerbrechen |
du zerbrichst | ihr zerbrecht | du zerbrechest | ihr zerbrechet | ||
er zerbricht | sie zerbrechen | er zerbreche | sie zerbrechen | ||
preterite | ich zerbrach | wir zerbrachen | ii | ich zerbräche1 | wir zerbrächen1 |
du zerbrachst | ihr zerbracht | du zerbrächest1 du zerbrächst1 |
ihr zerbrächet1 ihr zerbrächt1 | ||
er zerbrach | sie zerbrachen | er zerbräche1 | sie zerbrächen1 | ||
imperative | zerbrich (du) | zerbrecht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “zerbrechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zerbrechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “zerbrechen” in Duden online
- “zerbrechen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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