zerren

Pronunciation: /ˈtsɛrən/

“zerren” is a German word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

to tug
to drag
to pull (a muscle)

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.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “zerren” there

More German words

zerreden
zerreiben
zerreißen
Zerreißprobe
zerrinnen
zerrissen
zerritzen
Zerrspiegel

About this dictionary

The German dictionary on Glottosphere has 83,586 entries with a page. Browse the German dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.