berückend
German, adjective/bəˈʁʏkn̩t/
berückend is spelled B-E-R-Ü-C-K-E-N-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berückend is a German adjective meaning “breathtaking, attractive, bewitching, charming, captivating, fascinating, irresistible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of berücken (“to captivate, to beguile”). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf positive Art in hohem Grade faszinierend”.
What does berückend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
breathtaking, attractive, bewitching, charming, captivating, fascinating, irresistible
verb
- 1
present participle of berücken (“to captivate, to beguile”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf positive Art in hohem Grade faszinierend
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 berückend
- berückender masculine nominative singular
- am berückendsten superlative
- berückende feminine nominative singular
- berückendes neuter nominative singular
- berückenden genitive masculine singular
- berückendem dative masculine singular
- der berückende definite includes-article masculine
- die berückende definite feminine includes-article
- das berückende definite includes-article neuter
- die berückenden definite includes-article nominative
- des berückenden definite genitive includes-article
- der berückenden definite feminine genitive
- dem berückenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce berückend?
- /bəˈʁʏkn̩t/
- [bəˈʁʏkn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is berückend in German?
berückend appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).