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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sɛɐ̯ˈknɪʁʃt/
- Hyphenation: zer‧knirscht
Participle
zerknirscht
- past participle of zerknirschen (“to crush”)
Declension
Positive forms of zerknirscht (uncomparable)
Adjective
zerknirscht (strong nominative masculine singular zerknirschter, comparative zerknirschter, superlative am zerknirschtesten)
- contrite, hangdog
- Synonyms: reuevoll, niedergeschlagen
- Sie war völlig zerknirscht über das, was passiert war. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
1899, Emil Kautzsch, Karl Heinrich Weizäcker, “Jesaja 57:15”, in Textbibel des Alten und Neuen Testaments:Denn so spricht der Hohe und Erhabene, der ewig Thronende, dessen Name Heiliger ist: In der Höhe und als Heiliger wohne ich, und die, die zerknirscht und demütiges Geistes sind—neu beleben will ich den Geist Demütiger und neu beleben das Herz Zerknirschter!- For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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