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zerbrechen.

to break into pieces, to shatter, to snap (to cause an object to come apart into discrete pieces)

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Meaning & usage

verb[tsɐˈbʁɛçn̩][tsɐˈbʁɛçən]
  1. to break into pieces, to shatter, to snap (to cause an object to come apart into discrete pieces)

    class-4 · strong · transitive
    Paul hat vor Wut seinen Bleistift zerbrochen.
  2. to break into pieces, to shatter (to come apart into discrete pieces)

    class-4 · intransitive · strong
    Das Glas ist mir aus der Hand gefallen und zerbrochen.
  3. 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)

    class-4 · intransitive · strong
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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