abschreckend
German, adjective/ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩t/
abschreckend is spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N-D (12 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschreckend is a German adjective meaning “deterrent, serving to deter and scare off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of abschrecken. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das jemanden (oder etwas) fern halten soll, indem es erschreckend wirkt”.
What does abschreckend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deterrent, serving to deter and scare off
verb
- 1
present participle of abschrecken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. etwas, das jemanden (oder etwas) fern halten soll, indem es erschreckend wirkt 2. rasch abkühlend
verb: 1. Partizip Präsens des Verbs abschrecken
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abschreckend
- abschreckender masculine nominative singular
- am abschreckendsten superlative
- abschreckende feminine nominative singular
- abschreckendes neuter nominative singular
- abschreckenden genitive masculine singular
- abschreckendem dative masculine singular
- der abschreckende definite includes-article masculine
- die abschreckende definite feminine includes-article
- das abschreckende definite includes-article neuter
- die abschreckenden definite includes-article nominative
- des abschreckenden definite genitive includes-article
- der abschreckenden definite feminine genitive
- dem abschreckenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abschreckend?
- /ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩t/
- [ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abschreckend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abschreckend in German?
abschreckend appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).