zerbrechen.
to break into pieces, to shatter, to snap (to cause an object to come apart into discrete pieces)
Meaning & usage
to break into pieces, to shatter, to snap (to cause an object to come apart into discrete pieces)
Paul hat vor Wut seinen Bleistift zerbrochen.
to break into pieces, to shatter (to come apart into discrete pieces)
Das Glas ist mir aus der Hand gefallen und zerbrochen.
to break into pieces, to shatter (to come apart into discrete pieces) to fall apart, to break up (of relationships, coalitions, groups, etc., caused by an insurmountable disagreement)
Where this word comes from
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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