zerlegen zerlegen (zerlegt ptp) vt
(=auseinander nehmen) to take apart or to pieces
[Gerüst, Maschine auch] to dismantle
[Motor, Getriebe auch] to strip down
[Theorie, Argumente] to break down, (Gram) to analyse (Brit) , to analyze (US) , (Chem) to break down
(=zerschneiden) to cut up
[Geflügel, Wild] to carve up, (Biol) to dissect
etw in seine Einzelteile zerlegen to take sth to pieces, to dismantle sth completely, to strip sth down, to break sth down into its (individual) constituents
[Satz] to parse sth
eine Zahl in ihre Faktoren zerlegen to factorize a number