besorgniserregend
German, adjective/bəˈzɔʁknɪsʔɛɐ̯ˌʁeːɡn̩t/
besorgniserregend is spelled B-E-S-O-R-G-N-I-S-E-R-R-E-G-E-N-D (17 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besorgniserregend is a German adjective meaning “alarming, worrying, worrisome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anlass zur Sorge gebend”.
What does besorgniserregend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alarming, worrying, worrisome
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Anlass zur Sorge gebend
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 besorgniserregend
- besorgniserregender masculine nominative singular
- am besorgniserregendsten superlative
- besorgniserregende feminine nominative singular
- besorgniserregendes neuter nominative singular
- besorgniserregenden genitive masculine singular
- besorgniserregendem dative masculine singular
- der besorgniserregende definite includes-article masculine
- die besorgniserregende definite feminine includes-article
- das besorgniserregende definite includes-article neuter
- die besorgniserregenden definite includes-article nominative
- des besorgniserregenden definite genitive includes-article
- der besorgniserregenden definite feminine genitive
- dem besorgniserregenden dative definite includes-article
- Besorgnis erregend alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce besorgniserregend?
- /bəˈzɔʁknɪsʔɛɐ̯ˌʁeːɡn̩t/
- [bəˈzɔʁknɪsʔɛɐ̯ˌʁeːɡn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to besorgniserregend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is besorgniserregend in German?
besorgniserregend appears 1.3 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).