# der Zwerchfellriss

der Zwerchfellriss is a German noun meaning “a rupture of the diaphragm”. Forms: des Zwerchfellrisses, die Zwerchfellrisse.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Zwerchfellrisses
- Plural: die Zwerchfellrisse

## Meanings

1. a rupture of the diaphragm
2. a fictional disease arising from too much laughing
   - Von seinen Erzählungen habe ich einen Zwerchfellriss bekommen — I laughed like mad at his tales

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