zerschmettern
B2to smash / crush / shatter
- English meaning
- to smash / crush / shatter
- CEFR level
- B2 — Upper-Intermediate
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- Breaking & Repairing
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zerschmettern in a sentence
Die Explosion zerschmetterte das Gebäude.
The explosion smashed the building.
Conjugation of zerschmettern
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- zerschmetterte
- Perfect
- hat zerschmettert
Word family
zerschmettern is built from schmettern (to smash / blare / belt out). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Where zerschmettern comes from
Derivation (Ableitung) vom Verb schmettern mit dem Derivatem (Präfix) zer- :Das Wort ist seit dem 16. Jahrhundert in seiner ersten Bedeutung belegt.
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Questions about zerschmettern
How do you conjugate zerschmettern?
Present tense: zerschmettere, zerschmetterst, zerschmettert, zerschmettern, zerschmettert, zerschmettern. Simple past: zerschmetterte. Perfect: hat zerschmettert.
What does zerschmettern mean in English?
zerschmettern means "to smash / crush / shatter". For example: "Die Explosion zerschmetterte das Gebäude." — "The explosion smashed the building."
What level is zerschmettern in German?
zerschmettern is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate. It belongs to the breaking & repairing vocabulary.
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