Polyglot Dictionary

zerrissen

/tsɛɐ̯ˈʁɪsn̩/

adjective B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. torn, ripped

    • Die Jeans ist zerrissen.

      The jeans are torn.

Similar words

verletzt

Verletzt is injured/hurt, physically or emotionally; zerrissen is literally torn/ripped, and figuratively "torn apart" emotionally, the same idiom as in English.

Practice

1 What does zerrissen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Jeans ist ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zerrissen?

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