Elektroschock
German, noun[eˈlɛktʁoˌʃɔk]
Elektroschock is spelled E-L-E-K-T-R-O-S-C-H-O-C-K (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elektroschock is a German masculine noun meaning “electric shock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch elektrische Stromstöße erzeugter künstlicher Schock zur Behandlung bestimmter Psychosen”.
What does Elektroschock mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelectric shock
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch elektrische Stromstöße erzeugter künstlicher Schock zur Behandlung bestimmter Psychosen
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 Elektroschock
- Elektroschockes genitive
- Elektroschocks genitive
- Elektroschocke plural
- Elektroschocken dated dative definite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Elektroschock?
- [eˈlɛktʁoˌʃɔk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Elektroschock
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Elektroschock in German?
Elektroschock appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).