zerren
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German zerren, from Old High German zerren, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, and hence a doublet of German zehren, which see for the ultimate source.
The geminated -rr- is irregular and probably intensive (compare the same in Middle Low German terren, Middle Dutch terren, both alongside tēren). Compare English tear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtsɛrən/, [ˈtsɛʁən], [-ʁn̩], [-ʁɴ̩], [tsɛɐ̯n]
Audio: (file) - Homophone: zehren (by the monosyllabic pronunciation)
Verb
zerren (weak, third-person singular present zerrt, past tense zerrte, past participle gezerrt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | zerren | ||||
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present participle | zerrend | ||||
past participle | gezerrt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zerre | wir zerren | i | ich zerre | wir zerren |
du zerrst | ihr zerrt | du zerrest | ihr zerret | ||
er zerrt | sie zerren | er zerre | sie zerren | ||
preterite | ich zerrte | wir zerrten | ii | ich zerrte1 | wir zerrten1 |
du zerrtest | ihr zerrtet | du zerrtest1 | ihr zerrtet1 | ||
er zerrte | sie zerrten | er zerrte1 | sie zerrten1 | ||
imperative | zerr (du) zerre (du) |
zerrt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Ladin: zaré
Further reading
- “zerren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zerren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “zerren” in Duden online
- “zerren” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zerren”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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