zerkleinern

to chop up; to reduce to smaller pieces

verb tser-KLYE-nern Rare

Usage Note

zerkleinern is a general term for reducing food to smaller pieces by chopping, grinding, or blending. It is used for both manual methods (mit dem Messer zerkleinern) and appliances (im Mixer zerkleinern), and is more formal than hacken or schneiden.

Examples

"Die Nüsse in einem Blitzhacker zerkleinern."

Natural Translation

Chop up the nuts in a food processor.

Literal Translation

The nuts in a food-processor chop-up.

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