zerstechen

German

Etymology

zer- +‎ stechen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛçn̩/
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Verb

zerstechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present zersticht, past tense zerstach, past participle zerstochen, past subjunctive zerstäche, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to pierce; to make unusable by piercing
    Autoreifen zerstechen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Und wenn das Herz im Leibe ist zerrissen, / Zerrissen, und zerschnitten, und zerstochen / Dann bleibt uns doch das schöne gelle Lachen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive, of insects) to prick all over
    von den Mücken zerstochen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

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