erschaudern
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯dɐn/
erschaudern is spelled E-R-S-C-H-A-U-D-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erschaudern is a German verb meaning “to shudder, cringe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine körperliche Reaktion, ein Beben (Schaudern) zeigen, weil etwas jemanden sehr beeindruckt/verängstigt”.
What does erschaudern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shudder, cringe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine körperliche Reaktion, ein Beben (Schaudern) zeigen, weil etwas jemanden sehr beeindruckt/verängstigt
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 erschaudern
- erschaudert present singular third-person
- erschauderte past
- haben auxiliary
- erschaudernd participle present
- erschaudre first-person indicative present
- erschaudere first-person indicative present
- erschauder first-person indicative present
- erschauderst indicative present second-person
- erschauderest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschaudrest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschauderet plural second-person subjunctive
- erschaudret plural second-person subjunctive
- erschauderten first-person indicative plural
- erschaudertest indicative preterite second-person
- erschaudertet indicative plural preterite
- erschauder! imperative singular
- erschaudere! imperative singular
- erschaudert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erschaudern?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯dɐn/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯dɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erschaudern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erschaudern in German?
erschaudern 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).