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What is the difference between zerschlagen and zerbrechen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between zerschlagen and zerbrechen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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zerschlagen means that you destroy something on your own with your hand. You are the one that is active.
zerbrechen rather refers to the process of getting destroyed and broken into pieces.
no. 1 concentrates on the person who is active and no.2 on process of getting broken
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If you are the one who let the vase fall down:
Ich habe die Vase zerbrochen.
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zerschlagen really means "to hit something so that it gets broken"
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@selina_alemania Vielen Dank für so eine ausführliche Antwort!!!
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