Drohung
German, noun/ˈdʁoːʊŋ/
Drohung is spelled D-R-O-H-U-N-G (7 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drohung is a German feminine noun meaning “threat (expression of intent to injure or punish another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Ankündigung einer unangenehmen oder gesetzwidrigen Maßnahme, mit dem Ziel der Einschüchterung”.
What does Drohung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethreat (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Die Polizei nahm die Drohungen sehr ernst.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Ankündigung einer unangenehmen oder gesetzwidrigen Maßnahme, mit dem Ziel der Einschüchterung
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 Drohung
- Drohungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Drohung?
- /ˈdʁoːʊŋ/
- [ˈdʁoːʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Drohung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Drohung in German?
Drohung appears 6.9 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).