ernüchternd
German, adjective/ɛɐ̯ˈnʏçtɐnt/
ernüchternd is spelled E-R-N-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N-D (11 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ernüchternd is a German adjective meaning “sobering, disillusioning, disappointing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of ernüchtern. The German Wiktionary defines it as “negative Umstände so wahrnehmend / realisierend, dass die Hoffnung genommen wird, dass sich diese negativen…”.
What does ernüchternd mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sobering, disillusioning, disappointing
Eine ernüchternde Entwicklung.
verb
- 1
present participle of ernüchtern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. negative Umstände so wahrnehmend / realisierend, dass die Hoffnung genommen wird, dass sich diese negativen Umstände bessern werden
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 ernüchternd
- ernüchternder masculine nominative singular
- am ernüchterndsten superlative
- ernüchternde feminine nominative singular
- ernüchterndes neuter nominative singular
- ernüchternden genitive masculine singular
- ernüchterndem dative masculine singular
- der ernüchternde definite includes-article masculine
- die ernüchternde definite feminine includes-article
- das ernüchternde definite includes-article neuter
- die ernüchternden definite includes-article nominative
- des ernüchternden definite genitive includes-article
- der ernüchternden definite feminine genitive
- dem ernüchternden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ernüchternd?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈnʏçtɐnt/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈnʏçtɐnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ernüchternd in German?
ernüchternd appears 1.0 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).